CHAPTER 7. DISQUALIFICATION, REVOCATION OF APPOINTMENT, RESIGNATION, AND REMOVAL Art. 4231. Disqualification of tutor A. No person may be appointed tutor who is: (1) Under eighteen years of age; (2) Interdicted, or who, on contradictory hearing, is proved to be mentally incompetent; (3) A convicted felon, under the laws of the United States or of […]
Art. 4232. Revocation of appointment; extension of time to qualify If a person who is not a parent of the minor is appointed tutor and fails to qualify for the office within ten days from his appointment, on its own motion or on motion of any interested person, the court may revoke the appointment and […]
Art. 4233. Resignation of tutor A tutor other than a parent of the minor may resign when authorized by the court under Article 4271: (1) If subsequent to his appointment as tutor he has been invested with an office or engaged in a service or occupation which excuses him from the obligation of serving as […]
Art. 4234. Removal of tutor The court may remove any tutor who is or has become disqualified; is a nonresident who has not appointed, or has left the state permanently without appointing, an agent to represent him as required by Article 4273; has become incapable of discharging the duties of his office; has mismanaged the […]
Art. 4235. Authority and liability of tutor after resignation or removal A tutor who has resigned or has been removed shall have no further authority as such, and no further duty except as provided by Article 4392. However, his liability for acts prior to his resignation or removal shall not be affected thereby.
Art. 4236. Undertutor, grounds for disqualification, revocation, or removal The grounds for disqualification, revocation, and removal provided in Articles 4231, 4232, and 4234, other than indebtedness to the minor, apply also to an undertutor. An undertutor may resign at any time with the approval of the court, but the resignation shall not be effective until […]
Art. 4237. Appointment of successor tutor or undertutor When a tutor or undertutor dies, is removed, or resigns, another tutor or undertutor shall be appointed in his place in the manner provided for an original appointment.
Art. 4238. Heirs of tutor; responsibility Tutorship is a personal trust, which does not descend to the heirs of the tutor upon his death. However, the representative of the tutor’s succession or the major heirs who have accepted his succession are responsible for the administration of the minor’s property until another tutor has been appointed.
