SLS 21RS-265 ORIGINAL
2021 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 62
BY SENATOR MILLIGAN
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
CIVIL COMMITMENT. Provides relative to the management of the affairs of an interdict.
(8/1/21)
1 AN ACT
2 To enact Code of Civil Procedure Art. 4566(K), relative to the management of affairs of the
3 interdict; to provide for the establishment and maintenance of deposit accounts; and
4 to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. Code of Civil Procedure Art. 4566(K) is hereby enacted to read as
7 follows:
8 Art. 4566. Management of affairs of the interdict
9 * * *
10 K. Notwithstanding the requirements of Article 4270 or any other
11 provision of law to the contrary, a curator shall have authority to establish and
12 maintain deposit accounts in the name of the "curator on behalf of the
13 interdict", unless the letters of curatorship expressly limit such authority.
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions. SB NO. 62
SLS 21RS-265 ORIGINAL
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Margaret Corley Michel.
DIGEST
SB 62 Original 2021 Regular Session Milligan
Present law provides for the management of affairs of the interdict and provides that the
relationship between the interdict and curator is the same as that between the minor and
tutor.
Present law provides for the procedure for investing, reinvesting, or withdrawing funds on
behalf of a minor.
Proposed law provides that a curator shall have authority to establish and maintain deposit
accounts in the name of the "curator on behalf of the interdict", unless the letters of
curatorship expressly limit such authority.
(Adds C.C.P. Art. 4566(K))
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.