Louisiana Family Court

Family Court

There is one Family Court in Louisiana. It is located in the East Baton Rouge Parish. It has limited jurisdiction over all family matters or "domestic relations" cases such as divorce, child custody, and delinquency proceedings.

Judges

Office	Name
East Baton Rouge Parish Family Court Section 1 Division B	Erika Green
East Baton Rouge Parish Family Court Section 2 Division C	Charlene Charlet Day
East Baton Rouge Parish Family Court Section 3 Division A	Pamela Baker
East Baton Rouge Parish Family Court Section 3 Division D	Kyle Russ

Former judges

• Hunter Greene
• Lisa Woodruff-White

See also

• Louisiana Juvenile Courts
• East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

External links

• The East Baton Rouge Family Court, "Our Judges," accessed May 8, 2014

Elections

See also: Louisiana judicial elections

Louisiana is one of 43 states that hold elections for judicial positions. To learn more about judicial selection in Louisiana, click here.

• Louisiana local trial court judicial elections, 2025
• Louisiana local trial court judicial elections, 2024
• Louisiana local trial court judicial elections, 2023
• Louisiana local trial court judicial elections, 2022
• Louisiana local trial court judicial elections, 2021
• Louisiana local trial court judicial elections, 2020
• Louisiana local trial court judicial elections, 2019
• Louisiana local trial court judicial elections, 2018
• Louisiana local trial court judicial elections, 2017
• Louisiana local trial court judicial elections, 2016
• Louisiana judicial elections, 2015
• Louisiana judicial elections, 2014
• Louisiana judicial elections, 2013
• Louisiana judicial elections, 2012
• Louisiana judicial elections, 2011
• Louisiana judicial elections, 2010

Selection method

See also: Partisan elections

Judges of the Louisiana Family Courts are each elected to six-year terms. The elections for this court are partisan contested elections. To serve on this court, a judge must be a parish resident for one year, younger than 70 years old, and have eight years experience of practicing law in the state and a law degree.

Election rules

Primary election

Judges compete in a primary election against candidates of all parties. If no candidate receives over 50 percent of the vote (a "majority vote"), the top two candidates run against each other in the general election. If a candidate does receive a majority vote in the primary, he or she is declared elected as an unopposed candidate and will not be listed on the general election ballot.

In even-numbered years, Louisiana's primary elections are held in November during the general elections of other states.

For two or more open seats

In the event that candidates are competing for more than one open seat on a court, the majority vote is decided by "dividing the total votes cast for all of the candidates by the number of offices to be filled [and] dividing the result so obtained by two," according to the Secretary of State website. The SOS goes on to give the following example:

1,040 total votes cast ÷ 3 offices to be filled ＝ 346.6

346.6 ÷ 2 ＝ 173.3

In the above example, 174 votes are necessary to win for each of the 3 offices.

General election

A general election is won by obtaining the highest number of votes. In the case of races with two or more open seats, the two or more candidates with the highest votes are declared the winners. If there is a tie, an additional election will be scheduled for the third Saturday after the announcement of the election results.