Art. 645. Department of Children and Family Services to provide information concerning
the parents' location; cooperation of the department
A. Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, the department
shall obtain and provide to the district attorney with any request for a petition all available
information pertinent to the location of every parent, including names and addresses of
known relatives and any parents of a sibling where such parent has legal custody of the
sibling, and any information available from the parent locator service. If a curator ad hoc is
appointed, the department shall supply this information to him within fifteen days of its
receipt of a copy of the order appointing the curator ad hoc. This duty shall be a continuing
one as long as the child remains subject to the jurisdiction of the court.
B. The department shall fully cooperate with any court which has authority with
respect to the placement of a child in foster care or for adoption for the purpose of locating
a parent of the child. Such cooperation shall include making available all information
obtained from the Federal Parent Locater Service.
Acts 1991, No. 235, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 1999, No. 449, §1, eff. July 1, 1999;
Acts 2007, No. 334, §1; Acts 2015, No. 124, §1, eff. June 19, 2015.