Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:357 – Evidence of necessity for curator
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:357
- Administrator: means the administrator of veterans' affairs of the United States or his successor. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:351
- Curator: means any person acting as a fiduciary for an incompetent ward. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:351
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Person: means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, or an association. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:351
- Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
- Veterans administration: means the veterans administration, its predecessors, or successors. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:351
- Ward: means a beneficiary of the veterans administration. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:351
Where a petition is filed for the appointment of a curator of a mentally incompetent veteran or helpless child of a deceased or living veteran, a certificate of the administrator or his representative, setting forth the fact that such person has been rated incompetent by the veterans administration on examination in accordance with the laws and regulations governing such veterans administration, and that the appointment of a curator is a condition precedent to the payment of any moneys due such person by the veterans administration, shall be prima facie evidence of the necessity for such appointment; and that where a petition is filed for the appointment of a curator for any other incompetent ward of the veterans administration, a certificate of the administrator or his representative, setting forth that the appointment of a curator for such other incompetent ward is a condition precedent to the payment of any moneys due such person by the veterans administration, shall be prima facie evidence of the necessity for such appointment.
Amended by Acts 1956, No. 557, §1.