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Jefferson Parish Juvenile Court
Jefferson Parish Juvenile Court was established by the Louisiana Legislature in 1958. The court has jurisdiction over children within the 24th Judicial District, Jefferson Parish. The court provides hearing on various topics, including juvenile delinquency, families in need of services, child in need of care, adoption, juvenile traffic violations, and criminal neglect of family and child support. It publishes jurisdiction and the type of proceedings in the Louisiana Children's Code. The court s staff includes judicial administrators, hearing officers, law clerks, computer systems supervisor, drug court administrator and an operations manager. It additionally provides online child support calculator. Jefferson Parish Juvenile Court is located in Harvey, La.