Continuing Tutorship of Franques

EZELL, Judge.

li>The issue presented by this case is whether a permanent tutrix has the authority to decide the residence and living arrangements of her charge who is over the age of eighteen.

FACTS

Mitchell Franques was born on July 21, 1981. Earline and Robert Landry, Mr. Franques’ aunt and uncle, petitioned for a continuing tutorship in February 1999, after the death of his parents. They based their petition on the fact that Mr. Fran-ques possessed less than two-thirds the average mental ability of a normal child the same age. On February 9, 1999, a judgment was signed ordering that Mr.…