Continuing Tutorship in Louisiana

Louisiana has a provision called “continuing tutorship” which allows a parent of a child who is age 15 to 18 to petition the court to be named the child’s guardian and that guardianship does not end at age 18. However, there are significant problems with this...

But I got it Notarized!

Notaries are important for our society and there are many things a notary can do. However, there seems to be a lot of confusion about what “notarization” does for a document. A notary signature, seal and stamp is only proof of the validity of the signatures of the...

Small Succession Procedure

Louisiana does have a provision for an out of court “small succession” but it has several requirements that do not apply to most estates. There can be no will or only a will which has been probated in another state, the heirs are the children, parents...