LAC 22:XV.1515. Post-Disposition Counseling

A. When a disposition order has been entered, it is the attorney’s duty to explain the nature, obligations and consequences of the disposition to the child client and to urge upon the child client the need for accepting and cooperating with the dispositional order. The child client should also understand the consequences of a violation of the order. B. Where the court places the child client in the custody of the Office of Juvenile Justice, with the child client’s permission and a parent’s written release, the attorney should do the following: 1. assert the child client’s rights to subsequent review hearings as provided by law; 2. provide the Office of Juvenile Justice with a copy of the child client’s education records; and 3. advise the child client on his rights to continued representation post-disposition. C. If appeal from either the adjudicative or dispositional decree is contemplated, the child client should be advised of that possibility, and the attorney shall do the following: 1. counsel compliance with the court’s decision during the interim; and 2. request that any order of commitment be stayed pending appeal, if applicable.