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You can also get legal title to the abandoned property, depending on the circumstances. The process of gaining title by squatting is called ?adverse possession? or ?acquisitive prescription.? In Louisiana, you can gain title to abandoned property in limited circumstances.

You have a right to represent yourself (appear ?pro se?). However, you should not expect any special treatment or assistance from the court, and you must follow all of the Court Rules. If you do not follow the rules, the court may not be allowed to give you what you want, even if it seems like you should win the case.

B. (1) Whoever commits the crime of child desertion shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or be imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

By the Reporters on the Code of Civil Procedure projet: "An action is abandoned when the parties fail to take any action, consisting of a formal move in the trial court to further its prosecution or defense, the taking of a deposition, or the use of any of the discovery devices, for a period of five years.

561(A)(1), an action is deemed abandoned when the parties fail to take any steps in either prosecution or defense for a period of three years. Under this provision, the rule does apply even without a formal order as it is an automatic so long as the period is three years.

People who represent themselves in court without an attorney are Self-Represented Litigants (SRLs), also sometimes called pro se litigants. Under the law, an SRL is held to the same standards and duties as an attorney admitted to the practice of law in the state of Louisiana.