Assumption Parish Court Dockets
A court docket is a list of case activity or scheduled court business. In Assumption Parish, docket information can appear as a clerk case entry, a minute entry, a hearing setting, a duty calendar note, a judge division notice, or a local court communication. A docket may show that a motion was filed, a hearing was continued, a plea was entered, a judgment was signed, or a status conference was set.
The full case record is wider than the docket. The full record may include the petition, answer, bill of information, indictment, motion, order, exhibit, judgment, sentence, cost entry, or certified copy. Assumption Parish court dockets help track movement, but they should not be used as a substitute for the signed document when a legal result must be proved.
Note: A docket entry can point to an event, but the signed order or certified copy proves the final court action.
Find Assumption Parish Court Dockets
The first search channel is the Assumption Parish Clerk's COTT eSearch portal, because the Clerk keeps civil and criminal filings, minutes, and case records. The official Clerk record-search page describes civil, criminal, and property records in the portal. The court itself, the 23rd Judicial District Court, publishes division and court-operation pages, but it is not presented as a full public docket database.
- Start with the Clerk record-search portal when the goal is a case docket, minute entry, pleading history, or copy request.
- Use the certified-dates utility before relying on an online search result, especially for older docket entries.
- Check the 23rd Judicial District Court's division pages when a docket question involves a judge, staff contact, court rules, or family status conference scheduling.
- Contact the Clerk for copies, certified copies, older files, unclear minute entries, or docket items that are not imaged online.
- For small civil matters, evictions, garnishments, or local ward matters, contact the correct Justice of the Peace office instead of assuming the district docket will answer the question.
The 23rd JDC orders, forms, and local rules page is one court source that can help interpret what a setting or required filing means.
Rules and forms are not docket entries, but they help explain why a case may be set for a rule, status conference, motion hearing, or other court event.
Assumption Parish Duty Calendar Limits
The 23rd JDC has a court calendars page, but the visible public text found during research was limited and marked for official use. That means Assumption Parish court docket research should not claim that a complete daily public calendar is available online. For a hearing date, missed court issue, or last-minute schedule question, use the Clerk, the assigned division, or counsel.
The court calendar page still matters because it confirms that the court maintains calendar information at the 23rd JDC level. Assumption Parish is part of a three-parish judicial district, so calendars and duty assignments may involve Ascension, Assumption, and St. James court operations rather than a stand-alone parish-only docket page.
The 23rd JDC court calendars page is one of the successful source captures assigned to this docket page.
Because the public text is limited, the safest local path is to verify a docket date with the Clerk or the assigned court division before appearing.
Assumption Parish Docket Entry Fields
No anonymous sample docket detail view was available from the COTT court-record system during research. The table below uses the verified court-record vocabulary from the Assumption Parish research file and avoids promising that every field appears online. These are the fields a reader may need when asking the Clerk for a docket entry, minute entry, or certified copy.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Case number | The official file number used by the Clerk and court. |
| Entry date | The date a filing, hearing, order, minute, or judgment was entered. |
| Event type | Motion, hearing, continuance, arraignment, plea, judgment, service return, or other event. |
| Party or filer | The party, attorney, prosecutor, or court actor tied to the entry when shown. |
| Minute entry | A court activity note, often shorter than the full document. |
| Document image | Available only when the portal or Clerk provides image access for that item. |
Assumption Parish Court Docket Divisions
Assumption Parish is in the 23rd Judicial District Court, which covers Ascension, Assumption, and St. James Parishes. The district has six divisions. Judge pages can help with staff contacts and division-specific notes, but they are not a substitute for the Clerk's case record. Division E's page is especially useful for family docket questions because it states that pre-rule family status conferences use Calendly scheduling.
| Division | Judge and docket-use note |
|---|---|
| Division A | Judge Jason M. Verdigets; staff contacts appear on the division page. |
| Division B | Judge Cody Martin; page lists court reporter, secretary, law clerk, and mailing details. |
| Division C | Judge John H. Smith; page lists staff and division contact details. |
| Division D | Judge Steven Tureau; page lists staff and division contact details. |
| Division E | Chief Judge Keyojuan Gant-Turner; family pre-rule status conferences use Calendly. |
| Division F | Judge Toni Falterman Menard; page lists court reporter, secretary, receptionist, and law clerk. |
The 23rd JDC court staff contact page is another assigned docket source.
Staff contact pages help route practical docket questions, especially when a case has an assigned division and the online entry is not enough.
Dockets vs Assumption Parish Case Records
The docket is the timeline. The case record is the file. That difference matters in Assumption Parish because the same person may need a quick hearing date, a minute entry, a certified judgment, or a full pleading. A docket can show that a judgment was signed, while the record copy provides the signed judgment itself. A docket can show arraignment or sentencing activity, while the full criminal court file contains the charging document and final sentence record when available.
| Point | Docket or minute entry | Full case record |
|---|---|---|
| Format | Event list or short court activity entry. | Case file with pleadings, orders, judgments, and images when available. |
| Best use | Track hearings, filings, continuances, and case movement. | Prove legal status, review filings, or obtain certified copies. |
| Access path | Clerk index, minute request, court division, or JP office. | Clerk COTT access, clerk counter, mail, fax, or email request. |
| Limits | May not include the signed document or final wording. | May require fees, certified-copy charges, or restricted-record review. |
Family and JP Dockets
Family and local ward matters can follow different paths. Division E's official judge page says pre-rule family status conferences have moved to Calendly scheduling. That detail should be used narrowly. It supports family status conference scheduling for Division E, not a public all-division family docket search. Divorce, non-support, protective order, custody, and support records may still require Clerk review for filings and certified copies.
Justice of the Peace courts matter for smaller civil claims, evictions, garnishments, and ward-level issues. The official parish page lists three JP wards with precinct coverage. A missed appearance, small civil judgment, eviction matter, or local enforcement question may require contact with the ward JP or constable rather than the district court alone. Ward 1 includes Napoleonville-area precincts, Ward 2 includes Labadieville-area and related precincts, and Ward 3 includes Pierre Part and western parish precincts as listed by the parish.
The 23rd JDC court services page includes FINS-related court services information.
Court services content is useful context for family and juvenile-related scheduling, but it should not be treated as a full docket database.
The 23rd JDC language access page is also relevant when a party needs interpreter help for a docketed hearing.
Interpreter and language-access needs should be raised with the court before the scheduled hearing so the docketed event can proceed with proper assistance.
Read Assumption Parish Docket Terms
Common docket terms are short because docket entries are meant to track activity. A motion is a written request for the court to act. An order is a judge's directive. A judgment is a court decision that may be enforceable. A continuance is a postponement. A subpoena requires a witness or records. A duces tecum subpoena requires documents or things.
In criminal dockets, arraignment means the hearing where charges are read and a plea is entered. A plea is the defendant's formal answer. A disposition is the result of a criminal charge or case. A sentence is the punishment imposed after conviction. A bench warrant or capias may appear when a judge orders arrest for nonappearance, contempt, or another court issue. For full outcomes and sentencing, use the complete criminal case file rather than a lone docket line.
Note: Docket language can be terse, so ask the Clerk for the linked minute, order, or judgment when the entry controls a legal deadline.