The Lafayette Parish Court Calendar
The 15th Judicial District Court of Louisiana publishes the main general-jurisdiction calendar for Lafayette Parish. Its master calendar covers Lafayette, Acadia, and Vermilion Parishes. Check the Lafayette column for a division's schedule. A block may cover trials, motions, arraignments, traffic, family, or specialty programs. One caution. It is not a personal-name search. A block listing never proves a particular case is still set there.
A Lafayette Parish case may also sit in Lafayette City Court. Other options include a Justice of the Peace court, a municipal or magistrate court, or the Louisiana Court of Appeal, Third Circuit. Each keeps its own records. The right court and the latest setting matter far more than a countywide calendar label. For 15th JDC matters, turn to the Lafayette Parish Clerk of Court. It holds the filed case history and minute records that settle a date question.
Lafayette Parish Calendar Sources
The official 15th JDC calendar page links to master calendar material and schedule categories. The published 2026 calendar has Lafayette, Acadia, and Vermilion columns, a division legend, and labels for jury trials, motions, pretrials, traffic, arraignments, family settings, and specialty programs. Read a calendar row as a division-level planning signal, then locate the case-specific event in the docket or notice.
The 15th JDC’s official calendar page is the source for this Lafayette Parish court-calendar view.
The page sends readers to the court's current schedule material rather than to a searchable personal calendar. Division pages add local detail. Division K lists civil rules and motions during civil week and describes its criminal tracks. Division L posts a different civil-motion time and notes that Zoom requires agreement plus a request to the law clerk. So a calendar line never implies a remote appearance. Follow the judge's current rule or a case order.
How to Find Your Court Date
Gather the court, the case number, and the case type first. A 15th JDC case runs through the Lafayette Parish Clerk and its authorized ClerkConnect access path. Use the master calendar only as a cross-check. It is no interactive name lookup. Lafayette City Court keeps separate Case Search and Court Schedule pages. Other documented routes include the court's posted docket or counter. You can also call the division secretary or coordinator, or ask a party's attorney.
- Find the case number and identify whether the matter is in the 15th JDC, Lafayette City Court, or a lower municipal, magistrate, or Justice of the Peace court.
- For a 15th JDC case, review the settings or event history through the authorized ClerkConnect route when access is available. For City Court, use its Case Search or Court Schedule channel.
- Open the current 15th JDC calendar, read the Lafayette column, and match the date, division code, and event label to the case type.
- Check the division’s current court rules for motion time, pretrial practice, or any Zoom condition. A calendar block does not override an order.
- Use the courthouse posting or docket call as an additional same-day check, especially if a hearing has recently moved.
- Call the Clerk Docket line at (337) 291-6485 or use the Clerk’s department directory when entries conflict. An attorney for a party can also confirm the current setting.
- Before travel, repeat the check after a closure, weather event, holiday notice, or renovation update.
Traffic matters need special care. The date printed on a ticket is not always the court or arraignment date. A later notice may show a different one. For City Court cases, City Court's own notice or case result controls. Include the case number with any date request. A common name alone can route you to the wrong court.
Lafayette Parish Calendar Codes
The 2026 master calendar leans on a legend rather than spelling out every line. A through M mark judge divisions, and Z marks Commissioner Doguet. P flags protective orders. N, Nc, and N** separate criminal nonsupport, civil nonsupport, and combined nonsupport. Cs identifies Clearstart. Labels such as Fel/Misd Arraign and Traf Arr & Rules name a docket type. Others may name a court block. None of them guarantees an individual appearance time.
- Setting
- A scheduled court appearance, hearing, motion, trial, or docket block.
- Pretrial
- A court event used to prepare, narrow, resolve, or set a matter before trial.
- Minute entry
- The Clerk’s official record of what occurred in court, distinct from a transcript.
- Continuance
- A setting moved from its prior date under court authority.
The PDF legend also uses purple for misdemeanor and traffic material and bold for jury trials. Those visual signals help you read the master calendar. For a particular Lafayette Parish case, though, the current docket event or signed order remains the reliable source.
Reading a Court Setting
A usable setting needs both a date and context. The master calendar might show a division's civil-motion day. It could list a felony pretrial block or a jury-trial week instead. A case docket or order then ties that event to a case number. It often adds a specific time, courtroom, or notice status. Read the newest supported event. The first matching calendar label is never a final instruction.
| Date | The scheduled calendar date; verify it against the latest docket entry or order. |
|---|---|
| Parish/location | The master calendar separates Lafayette from Acadia and Vermilion columns. |
| Division | The judge division or Commissioner code tied to the court block. |
| Setting type | A label such as civil motions, pretrial, arraignment, trial, traffic, or family. |
| Time and appearance terms | Look to the case notice, division rule, or court confirmation; a master calendar may not supply a personal time. |
Family assignment is especially case-specific. Local rules route matters involving minor children to Divisions H and M from January 2025, while existing J matters remain J. Check the case history and current allotment instead of assuming one division handles all family settings.
Lafayette Parish Calendar and Docket
A Lafayette Parish court calendar and a case docket answer two different questions. The calendar tells you when a division plans to hear a type of matter. The docket tracks what actually happened in one case: filings, minute entries, orders, and events. Suppose the calendar shows a felony-motion block. Yet the case history lists a later reset or a signed setting order. Then the case-specific record wins. Confirm the date with the court.
Here is the order of authority for a doubtful Lafayette Parish date. Start with the signed case order or the current case-docket setting. Next comes the division secretary or coordinator, then the Clerk's docket or records line. The master calendar comes last. A case history also tells a setting apart from a final disposition. See the related Lafayette Parish case search page. It explains how the court route shapes a lookup.
Note: A master calendar is a fine tool for checking the court's schedule. It cannot replace current case-specific confirmation before travel or an appearance.
Resets, Continuances, and Cancellations
No single Lafayette Parish code list explains every entry marked reset, continued, or passed. So use a practical reading rule. When a later setting or order appears, treat the earlier date as history. Even that rule has limits, though. A scheduling order, minute entry, judge-specific practice, or newly served notice can change which paper controls.
A missing line means nothing on its own. The matter may sit in a different division, or appear only in the case history. It might lag behind in a portal. Or it may carry a new date nobody has posted yet. So before trusting a calendar gap, confirm the current setting with the division office, the Clerk, or counsel. A City Court traffic result also needs confirmation through City Court itself. Do not rely on the 15th JDC calendar for it.
Lafayette Parish Calendar During Closures
Location can change even when the division and date remain correct. The 15th JDC announced Buchanan courthouse renovation conditions in 2025, including a fifth-floor closure, east-side elevator access for the seventh floor, and redistributed judge offices. Use the court’s official news page with the calendar when a hearing requires a courthouse visit.
The 15th JDC’s official news notices document temporary Lafayette Parish courthouse access changes.
This is why a correct calendar date needs company. Pair it with current access instructions, emergency notices, and a call to the relevant court office.
What To Do If You Miss a Setting
Missed a setting? Contact the court or Clerk right away. Give the case number, the court, and the missed date. For a 15th JDC matter, the division secretary and the Clerk's docket channel can point you to the right next contact. For a Lafayette City Court traffic matter, start with City Court and its traffic channel. The Clerk FAQ tells people who missed a traffic date to call Traffic. That number is (337) 291-6370.
Missed a Setting? A missed court date can lead to a failure-to-appear consequence, warrant, license issue, or penalty depending on the case and court.
Contact the originating court or Clerk immediately and ask how the current setting, notice, or warrant status can be verified.
Consult a licensed attorney about a missed Lafayette Parish setting before making decisions about how to respond.
Lafayette Parish Calendar Verification
The 2026 calendar PDF carries an internal caution worth knowing. Its Division J legend lists the name EARLES. The current 15th JDC home page names Angie Wagar for Division J. Both are official-source materials, yet they disagree. The safe path for verifying the present judge or division contact is the current court page plus direct confirmation from the court.
Other things can shift a planned setting too. Think calendar revisions, emergency text notices, holidays, and judge-specific rules. The court publishes a Zoom rules page, but remote attendance is never automatic. A Lafayette Parish court calendar only supports careful preparation when you check it against the current case docket. And you must also check with the court that controls the hearing.