Continuing Tutorship of T.R.B., A Person with an Intellectual Disability

STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT CONTINUING TUTORSHIP OF NO. 2020 CW 1191 T. R. B., A PERSON WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY DECEMBER 30, 2020 In Re: U. M. B. and B. P. B., for applying supervisory writs, 19th Judicial District Court, Parish East of Baton Rouge, No. 108473. BEFORE: McCLENDON, HIGGINBOTHAM, THERIOT, PENZATO, AND WOLFE, JJ. WRIT DENIED. PMC MRT AHP Higginbotham and Wolfe, JJ., dissent and would grant the writ. The petition for continuing tutorship was filed prior to T. R. B. reaching the age of eighteen. La. Civ. Code art. 355 provides that the parents may file such a petition when a person above the age of fifteen meets the requirements stated therein, thereby referencing the time of filing the petition. See also In re Tutorship of Blanque, 97- 249 ( La. App. 5th Cir. 9/ 30/ 97), 700 So. 2d 1077, 1082, n. 1 , writ denied, 97- 2744 ( La. 1/ 16/ 98), 706 So. 2d 979 . COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CTRCUIT EPUTY CLARK ' UF COURT FOR THE COURT