La. Child. Code art. 1233
Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session effective on or before 7/1/2024, from Acts 1-3, 6-671
Notwithstanding Article 1238, upon due consideration of the factors enumerated in Article 1230(B), the court may render a final decree of private adoption at the first hearing, without the necessity of first entering an interlocutory decree, only if the rights of the child's parents have been terminated pursuant to Title X or XI of this Code and the child has lived in the petitioner's home for six months.
La. Ch.C. § 1233