IN RE HELM

No. 2011-CA-0500.

84 So.3d 601 (2011)

In the Matter of Henry J. HELM.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

November 2, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy G. Schafer , Schafer & Schafer, New Orleans, LA, for Appellant, Henry J. Helm.

Jennifer B. Eagan , New Orleans, LA, for Appellees, Curator and Co-Undercurators, Althea Helm, Donna H. Oufnac and Lester G. Oufnac.

(Court composed of Judge CHARLES R. JONES, Judge PAUL A. BONIN, Judge DANIEL L. DYSART).


PAUL A. BONIN, Judge.

Henry Helm was interdicted; his interdiction is not in dispute. Mr. Helm, however, through his court-appointed attorney,1 appeals the appointment of Mr. Helm's wife, Althea, as his curatrix. He argues that by virtue of his appointment of his niece Barbara Manteris as his procuratrix she—and not his spouse—was entitled to preference in the appointment of a curatrix. The trial judge decided that Mr. Helm...

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