New Orleans Professional License Attorney, Elizabeth B. Carpenter, has been fighting for Louisiana licensed counselors facing disciplinary action since 2013. Louisiana Professional Counselor Disciplinary Laws Disciplinary proceedings before the LPC Board are less formal than a judicial proceeding. The purpose of a disciplinary proceeding is to determine if the person did certain acts or [...]
Re-Homing of a Child The definition of Re-homing of a child in the state of Louisiana is any one of the following: (1) A transaction, or any action taken to facilitate such transaction, through electronic means or otherwise by a parent or any individual or entity with custody of a child who intends to [...]
Neglecting Family can be a crime under Louisiana Revised Statute 14:74 - Criminal neglect of family is the desertion or intentional nonsupport by a spouse of his or her spouse who is in destitute or necessitous circumstances; or by either parent of his minor child who is in necessitous circumstances, there being a duty established [...]
Louisiana laws define the offense of Contributing to the delinquency of a minor as the intentional enticing, aiding, soliciting, or permitting, by anyone over the age of seventeen, of any child under the age of seventeen, and no exception shall be made for a child who may be emancipated by marriage or otherwise, to [...]
Voyeurism and Peeping Tom Attorney Voyeurism -- La. R.S. 14:283.1 In Louisiana, Voyeurism is the viewing, observing, spying upon, or invading the privacy of a person by looking through the doors, windows, or other openings of a private residence without the consent of the victim who has a reasonable expectation of privacy for the [...]
Misdemeanor Sexual Battery During the 2015 legislative session, Louisiana lawmakers created the crime of misdemeanor sexual battery. This offense is defined as the following: The intentional touching of the breasts or buttocks of the victim by the offender, or the offender by the victim, using any instrumentality or any part of the body of [...]
New Louisiana Laws Aim to Crack Down on Human Trafficking In the eyes of some social-service agencies and law-enforcement officials, Louisiana has proven to be a hub for human trafficking. Young women – some under 18, some a little older -- are regularly brought into the state, or recruited from within, and allegedly forced [...]
Louisiana Joins Trend of States Banning ‘Revenge Porn’ “Vengeance is mine” is a quote often attributed to God by Bible followers. (Romans: 12:19, “Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.”) It encourages people to leave justice to a higher power in lieu of taking matters into their own hands. But, “vengeance [...]
During the 2014 legislative session, the Louisiana law makers repealed the statute for Home Improvement Fraud and replaced it with Residential Contractor Fraud. Louisiana Residential Contractor Fraud Statute-- La. R.S. 14:202.1 Residential contractor fraud is the misappropriation or intentional taking of anything of value which belongs to another, either without the consent of the [...]
What is criminal Obstruction of a Highway? The crime Obstruction of a Highway can be either a felony or misdemeanor in the state of Louisiana. The difference between the two offenses is that human life might be endangered in the felony offense, while there is not threat to human life in the misdemeanor offense. [...]