IN RE JOHNSTON

No. 99-980.

757 So.2d 738 (2000)

In the Matter of Nicholas Benjamin JOHNSTON, Edward Johnston.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

February 2, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Craig Jones, Oakdale, LA, Counsel for Nicholas Benjamin Johnston and Edward Johnston, Appellees.

Lauren Gay Coleman, Alexandria, LA, Counsel for Kevin Johnston, Appellant.

Before DOUCET, C.J., THIBODEAUX and DECUIR, Judges.


DECUIR, Judge.

In this tutorship proceeding, Edward Johnston was appointed tutor and awarded custody of his grandson, Nicholas Johnston. The child's uncle, Kevin Johnston, filed a petition to annul the judgment and sought to have himself appointed tutor of Nicholas.1 The trial judge denied the requested relief and Kevin Johnston appeals. We affirm the judgment rendered below.

Lydia Laurel Johnston, Nicholas' mother, died in an...

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