Certain relatives, interested parties, and qualifying nonprofits may ask a court to remove a curator if the curator and undercurator are not doing their court-appointed jobs adequately.
§1025. Removal of a curator A. Any spouse or relative of an interdict, interested party, or nonprofit organization whose main function it is to serve as an advocate for persons with disabilities, the elderly, or both, may petition a court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of a curator upon a clear showing that neither the curator nor the undercurator are adequately performing their court-appointed duties. B. A court of competent jurisdiction may remove a curator and appoint a successor, if such removal is deemed to be in the best interest of the interdict, either on its own motion or upon request by any spouse or relative of the interdict, or on the motion of any interested party or nonprofit organization whose main function it is to serve as advocate for persons with disabilities, the elderly, or both, upon contradictory hearing. The court shall consider the following factors in making its ruling: (1) Whether the curator has, with gross negligence, misapplied, embezzled, or removed from the state, or is about to misapply, embezzle, or remove from the state all or any part of the interdict's property committed to the curator's care. (2) The curator's failure to render any account required by law. (3) The curator's failure to obey any proper order of the court having jurisdiction with respect to performance of the curator's duties. (4) Proof of gross misconduct, or mismanagement in the performance of duties. (5) Incompetence, incarceration, or any other cause rendering the curator incapable of performing court-appointed duties. (6) Abuse of the interdict, or failure to educate the interdict or provide the interdict with as much independence as the means of the interdict and the conditions of his estate permit. C. When the court removes a curator, it may appoint any spouse or relative of the interdict, any interested party, or any nonprofit organization whose main function it is to serve as curator for persons with disabilities, the elderly, or both. Acts 1993, No. 639, §1, eff. June 15, 1993.