Applications for total or partial withdrawal of parental authority are brought before the judicial court of the place where the ascendant against whom the action is brought resides.
Applications for delegation of parental authority are brought before the family court of the place where the minor resides.
Applications for judicial declaration of parental abandonment are brought before the judicial court of the place where the minor resides. When they emanate from the child welfare service, they are brought before the judicial court of the chief town of the department in which the minor was taken into care.