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LAVALLAIS v. JAMES

No. 88-1361.

559 So.2d 998 (1990)

Mary LAVALLAIS and Ophelia Lavallais, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Leela JAMES, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

April 18, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Larvadain, Jr., Alexandria, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Leela James, Marksville, for defendant-appellee.

Before FORET, STOKER and LABORDE, JJ.

STOKER, Judge.

The issue in this case is whether a trial court can award the tutorship and custody of an orphaned minor to a stranger without first disqualifying any petitioning relatives which fall within the classes enumerated in LSA-C.C. art. 263. This is an appeal from a judgment awarding custody of the ten-year-old orphaned minor Laverne Michelle Simon to defendant, Mrs. Leela James. Plaintiffs-appellants are Mary Lavallais, Laverne's paternal aunt, and Mary...

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