During the marriage of a minor's parents, an action to seek court approval to alienate, encumber, or lease the property of the minor, incur an obligation of the minor, or compromise a claim of the minor may be brought in the domicile of the minor, or if the parents seek to compromise a claim of the minor in a pending action, in that action.
Art. 74.6.Actions to Seek Court Approval By Parents During Marriage
Title I. Courts · Chapter 2. Venue · Enacted 2015 · no amendments on record · Last verified July 30, 2026
In one sentenceArticle 74.6 sets venue, at the minor's domicile or within an already-pending case, for a married couple's request that a court approve alienating or encumbering the minor's property, taking on an obligation for the minor, or compromising the minor's claim.
Full Text of Art. 74.6
Amendment History
Added by Acts 2015, No. 260, §2, eff. 1/1/2016.
Plain-English Summary
Louisiana law treats parents as administrators of their minor child's property, but certain transactions involving that property need court sign-off first. Article 74.6 covers the venue for that request when it arises during the parents' marriage: an action to seek approval to alienate (transfer ownership of), encumber (place a mortgage or similar burden on), or lease the minor's property, to incur an obligation on the minor's behalf, or to compromise a claim belonging to the minor.
The default venue is the parish where the minor is domiciled. But if the parents are seeking approval to compromise a claim that is already the subject of a pending lawsuit, Article 74.6 sends the request to that same action instead of requiring a separate filing in the minor's domicile parish — keeping the approval request together with the case it concerns.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why do parents need court approval to manage a child's property?
Because Louisiana law treats parents as administrators of their minor child's separate property, and certain significant transactions — transferring, mortgaging, or leasing that property, taking on an obligation for the child, or settling the child's legal claim — require prior court approval to protect the child's interests.
Where do parents file this kind of request?
Ordinarily in the parish where the minor is domiciled, under Article 74.6.
What if the minor's claim is already part of a pending lawsuit?
The parents seek approval to compromise that claim within the pending action itself, rather than filing a separate request in the minor's domicile parish.
Source & verification. Article text is reproduced verbatim from
the vLex (Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure, 2026 Edition). Enacted by the Louisiana Legislature.
Last verified July 30, 2026.
· Official source
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