Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 15, § 185.6. Special reporting requirements; indigent parent representation cases; penalties

A. In addition to the general oversight requirements provided by law, each district public defender shall submit an annual report to the office no later than February first of each year, commencing in 2008. The report, using the uniform definition of a “case” as defined in Subsection C of this Section, shall include detailed information of the district's workload, resources, employees, and expenditures for the previous fiscal year.

C. For purposes of this Section, a “case” is defined as a proceeding initiated by the state against an indigent or absent parent or parents pursuant to Title VI or Title X of the Louisiana Children's Code.  1 Any appeal from a final judgment in such cases shall be counted as a separate case. In the event that a case involves multiple children, the district public defender, or regional director, where applicable, shall track, record, and report the number of children per case.

D. The office shall draft, administer, and furnish reporting forms to the district public defender which request detailed information of the district's workload, resources, employees, and expenditures for the previous fiscal year based on the uniform definition of a “case” as defined in Subsection C of this Section.