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urn: urn:us-la:rs:13:3431
citation: "R.S. 13:3431"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 13 › Chapter 13 › Part II"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1990, number: 989, section: 4, effective_date: 1991-01-01, role: enactment }
---

# Disqualification

In proceedings for appointment of a curator for an absent person, no person may be appointed 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 any state or territory thereof;

(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;

(5) A corporation not authorized to perform the duties of curator in this state;

(6) A person indebted to the absent person, except a spouse in community, unless he discharges the debt prior to the appointment;

(7) An adverse party to a suit to which the absent person is a party; or

(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.