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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:298"
article_number: "298"
status: active
heading: "Excuse for prior tutorships"
breadcrumb: "Book I › Title VIII › Chapter 1 › Section 8"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110015"
acts_citations_raw: "Amended by Acts 1974, No. 163, §3."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1974
    act_number: 163
    section: 3
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# Art. 298. Excuse for prior tutorships

The person who is appointed to two tutorships has a legal excuse for not accepting a third.

A parent who has been appointed to one tutorship shall not be compelled to accept a second tutorship, except it be that of his own children.