CCP 4501 - Father or mother as administrator of minor's property - Louisiana Statutes

TITLE VII. ADMINISTRATION OF MINOR'S PROPERTY

DURING MARRIAGE OF PARENTS

Art. 4501. Father or mother as administrator of minor's property

A. When both parents are alive and not divorced or judicially separated, property belonging to a minor may be sold or mortgaged, a claim of a minor may be compromised, and any other step may be taken affecting his interest, in the same manner and by pursuing the same forms as in case of a minor represented by a tutor, the father or the mother when the father is mentally incompetent, committed, interdicted, or is an absentee, occupying the place of and having the powers of a tutor.

B. Whenever the action of an undertutor would be necessary, an undertutor ad hoc shall be appointed by the court, who shall occupy the place of and have the powers of an undertutor.

Acts 2003, No. 467, §1.