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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:296"
article_number: "296"
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heading: "Excuse for age."
breadcrumb: "Book I › Title VIII › Chapter 1 › Section 8"
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# Art. 296. Excuse for age.

Every person who has attained the age of sixty-five years, may refuse to be a tutor.

The person who shall have been appointed prior to that age, may be excused from the tutorship at the age of seventy years.