8.3.9 Relocation Notification

The PSFVRA exempts abused parents from Louisiana’s relocation notification statute.1  This exemption also exists when an “order” has been issued pursuant to the Domestic Abuse Assistance Act, the Protection from Dating Violence Act, or La. Ch.C. art. 1564. A parent is also exempt if a restraining order, preliminary injunction, permanent injunction, or protective order prohibiting a person from harming or going near the other person is in effect, other than an injunction under La. R.S. 9:372.1 injunction.2

If a custody and visitation order already exists, however, your client may need to request that it be modified if the relocation prevents her from complying with the order’s visitation provisions.

• 1La. R.S. 9:355.2(D)(2).
• 2Id. Note that an injunction against abuse ancillary to divorce under La. R.S. 9:371 qualifies for exemption, but an injunction against harassment under La. R.S. 9:372.1 is not exempt.