On motion of any interested person, or on its own motion, the court may remove a curator or undercurator from office for good cause. Good cause may include but not be limited to a violation of Article 4566(J). Unless otherwise ordered by the court, removal of the curator or undercurator by the court is effective upon qualification of the appointed successor.
Art. 4568.Removal of Curator Or Undercurator
Book VII. Special Proceedings · Title VIII. Interdiction and Curatorship of Interdicts · Chapter 2. Curators and Undercurators · Last amended 2016 · Last verified July 30, 2026
In one sentenceArticle 4568 lets the court remove a curator or undercurator for good cause, on any interested person's motion or its own, expressly counting a violation of the mandatory-visitation duty in Article 4566(J) as good cause, with removal generally taking effect once a successor qualifies unless the court orders otherwise.
Full Text of Art. 4568
Amendment History
Amended by Acts 2016, No. 110, §2, eff. 5/19/2016. Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 25, §3, eff. 7/1/2001.
Plain-English Summary
Article 4568 gives the court a direct tool for correcting a curatorship or under-curatorship that is not working: removal for good cause, on the motion of any interested person or on the court's own motion. The good-cause standard is broad rather than confined to a fixed list of triggers, and it applies equally to a curator and an undercurator.
One trigger is written directly into the Article. A violation of Article 4566(J) -- the duty to allow communication, visitation, and interaction between the interdict and close relatives or persons in a relationship built on strong affection, when that contact serves the interdict's best interest -- is expressly good cause for removal. Naming that particular violation shows how seriously the Code treats a curator's attempt to isolate the interdict from the people who matter to them, and it sets up the separate visitation cause of action Article 4570 gives those affected people.
Removal does not automatically leave the interdict's affairs unmanaged. Unless the court orders otherwise, removal takes effect once the successor curator or undercurator qualifies, not the moment the court signs the removal order, so there is no gap in coverage while a replacement is found.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can a curator be removed in Louisiana, and for what reasons?
Yes, for good cause, on the motion of any interested person or on the court's own motion.
Is denying an interdict contact with family grounds for removing the curator?
Yes. Article 4568 expressly counts a violation of the visitation duty in Article 4566(J) as good cause for removal.
Does removal take effect immediately once the court signs the order?
Generally not. Removal takes effect once a successor qualifies, unless the court orders otherwise.
Source & verification. Article text is reproduced verbatim from
the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure (legis.la.gov). Enacted by the Louisiana Legislature.
Last verified July 30, 2026.
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