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  "urn": "urn:us-la:rs:13:3431",
  "title_number": "13",
  "section_number": "3431",
  "citation": "R.S. 13:3431",
  "heading": "Disqualification",
  "text": "In proceedings for appointment of a curator for an absent person, no person may be appointed who is:\n\n(1) Under eighteen years of age;\n\n(2) Interdicted, or who, on contradictory hearing, is proved to be mentally incompetent;\n\n(3) A convicted felon, under the laws of the United States or of any state or territory thereof;\n\n(4) A nonresident of the state who has not appointed a resident agent for the service of process in all actions and proceedings with respect to the curatorship, and caused such appointment to be filed in the curatorship proceeding;\n\n(5) A corporation not authorized to perform the duties of curator in this state;\n\n(6) A person indebted to the absent person, except a spouse in community, unless he discharges the debt prior to the appointment;\n\n(7) An adverse party to a suit to which the absent person is a party; or\n\n(8) A person who, on contradictory hearing, is proved to be incapable of performing the duties of curator, or to be otherwise unfit for appointment.",
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    {
      "level": "title",
      "number": "13",
      "name": "COURTS AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
    },
    {
      "level": "chapter",
      "number": "13",
      "name": "PARTIES"
    },
    {
      "level": "part",
      "number": "II",
      "name": "CURATORSHIP OF THE PROPERTY OF ABSENT PERSONS"
    }
  ],
  "breadcrumb": "Title 13 › Chapter 13 › Part II",
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    {
      "act_year": 1990,
      "act_number": 989,
      "section": 4,
      "effective_date": "1991-01-01",
      "effective_date_raw": "Jan. 1, 1991",
      "role": "enactment"
    }
  ],
  "acts_citations_raw": "Acts 1990, No. 989, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.",
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