Terms Used In Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure 4068

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.

An appeal from a judgment confirming, appointing, or removing a tutor or an undertutor can only be taken within thirty days from the applicable date provided in Article 2087(A).

Such judgment shall not be suspended during the pendency of an appeal.  The acts of a tutor or of an undertutor shall not be invalidated by the annulment of his appointment on appeal.