State v. Anderson

KLEES, Judge.

The juvenile court dismissed the charge against the defendant because it lacked jurisdiction to decide the issue of paternity. We agree that the juvenile court lacks jurisdiction, but we find the dismissal to be improper.

In State v. Hubbard, 81 So.2d 844 (La.1955), decided under the 1921 Constitution, the Supreme Court held that the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court had no jurisdiction to determine the paternity of a child when said paternity was challenged during a prosecution of the child’s alleged parent for criminal neglect of family. The Court found that because Article 7,…