Hines v. Hines

DOMENGEAUX, Judge.

This appeal arises from a rule to show cause why the curator of an interdict should not be removed and the former eu-ratrix reappointed.

Mr. John D. Hines was interdicted in October, 1977, and his wife, Mrs. Geraldine James Hines was appointed curatrix. Her husband’s lifelong friend and business associate, Mr. Reggie Griffith, was appointed undercurator. In December, 1979, upon advice of previous counsel, Mrs. Hines voluntarily withdrew as curatrix, and Wilburn Ray Hines, the interdict’s brother, was appointed the new curator. Mr. Griffith remained undercurator. On February…