Fill and Sign the Custody Sole Louisiana Form

____________ : ______ JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT VS : PARISH OF ______ , LOUISIANA ____________ : DOCKET NO. ______ ________________________________________________________________ RULE TO CHANGE CUSTODY FROM SOLE CUSTODY TO JOINT CUSTODY AND TO AMEND VISITATION NOW INTO COURT, through undersigned counsel, comes ____________ , who suggests to the Court the following: I. Petitioner and Defendant were divorced by Judgment of this Court on the ___ day of ______ , 20 ___ . II. Pursuant to said Judgment, ____________ was granted the sole care, custody and control of the minor children born of the marriage, namely ____________ and ____________ , subject to ____________ 's specific visitation privileges set forth therein. III. Petitioner, ____________ , now desires the joint custody of said minor children, with ____________ being designated as custodial parent, and requests that his visitation privileges set forth in said Judgment be amended as follows: l. On the 2nd and 4th weekends of each calendar month from Friday at 4:00 P.M. through and including Sunday at 4:00 P.M.; 2. Alternating major holidays, consisting of Easter, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day; 3. The children shall be with their father on Father's Day, beginning at 9:00 A.M., and ending at 5:00 P.M.; 4. The children's birthdays shall be shared equally between the parties; 5. ____________ will have visitation during the summer, beginning two weeks after school ends and ending two weeks before school begins, with visitation privileges to ____________ during this time; 6. ____________ will have visitation for three days during the school holidays that are in excess of one week in duration, which includes Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas/New Year's; and 7. During the summer visitation period, the child support payments will be suspended. WHEREFORE, Petitioner, ____________ , prays that this Honorable Court order the defendant, ____________ , to show cause on a date and at a time to be fixed by this Honorable Court, why petitioner and defendant should not be granted the joint custody of the minor children born of the marriage, with ____________ being designated as custodial parent, and that his visitation privileges be amended as set forth above. ____________________________ ____________ Attorney at Law ____________ ______ , LA ______ ( ___ ) ______ STATE OF LOUISIANA PARISH OF ______ BEFORE ME, the undersigned Notary Public, duly commissioned and legally qualified within and for the Parish and State aforesaid, personally came and appeared ____________ , who, being first duly sworn, did depose and say that: l. He is the petitioner in the above proceedings; and 2. All of the allegations of fact contained therein are true and correct to the best of his knowledge, information and belief. _______________________________ _ ____________ SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED before me this ____ day of ______ , 20 ___ . ______________________________ __ NOTARY PUBLIC ____________ : ______ JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT VS : PARISH OF ______ , LOUISIANA ____________ : DOCKET NO. ______ ________________________________________________________________ O R D E R Considering the foregoing: IT IS ORDERED that ____________ show cause on the _____ day of ____________, 20 ___ , at ___ o’clock ___ .M., as a _____ fixing, why ____________ should not be granted the joint custody of the minor children born of the marriage, namely, ____________ and ____________ , with ____________ being designated as custodial parent, and why Petitioner's visitation privileges should not be amended as follows: l. On the 2nd and 4th weekends of each calendar month from Friday at 4:00 P.M. through and including Sunday at 4:00 P.M.; 2. Alternating major holidays, consisting of Easter, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day; 3. The children shall be with their father on Father's Day, beginning at 9:00 A.M., and ending at 5:00 P.M.; 4. The children's birthdays shall be shared equally between the parties; 5. ____________ will have visitation during the summer, beginning two weeks after school ends and ending two weeks before school begins, with visitation privileges to ____________ during this time; 6. ____________ will have visitation for three days during the school holidays that are in excess of one week in duration, which includes Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas/New Year's; and 7. During the summer visitation period, the child support payments will be suspended. THUS DONE AND SIGNED at ____________ , Louisiana, this ______ day of ______ , 20 ___ . ______________________________ JUDGE