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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:295"
article_number: "295"
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heading: "Excuse for remote relationship."
breadcrumb: "Book I › Title VIII › Chapter 1 › Section 8"
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# Art. 295. Excuse for remote relationship.

No person, who is not a relation of the minor by consanguinity, or who is only related to him beyond the fourth degree, can be compelled to accept the tutorship.