Tutorship of Vinall

BOUTALL, Judge.

This case involves a dispute over fees awarded to the notary and appraisers for an inventory of a minor’s property, inherited from her father. The parents had divorced, and at the time of his death the father was living out of state. The child, Shawn Christena Vinall, was the beneficiary of five life insurance policies. The proceeds amounting to $160,115.66 constituted the entirety of the minor child’s Louisiana property.

When Sharon M. Hennessey, the child’s mother, applied to be confirmed as natural tutrix, the court appointed a notary and two appraisers to make an inventory.…