Case Name: In re SUCCESSION OF Barbara Joan Blundell DAVIS
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2003-01-31
Citations: 836 So. 2d 67
Docket Number: No. 2002-CC-2816
Parties: In re SUCCESSION OF Barbara Joan Blundell DAVIS
Judges: KNOLL, J., would deny the writ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 836
Pages: 67–67

Head Matter:
In re SUCCESSION OF Barbara Joan Blundell DAVIS
No. 2002-CC-2816.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Jan. 31, 2003.

Opinion:
In re Davis, Lane; Davis, Jeanne';—Other(s); Applying for Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Jefferson, 24th Judicial District Court Div. I, No. 569-913; to the Court of Appeal, Fifth Circuit, No. 02-C-1019.
Granted. Because the mover was not clearly entitled to the requested relief, the trial court erred in hearing this matter on an ex parte basis. La.Code Civ. P. art. 963. Accordingly, the judgment of the trial court is vacated. The case is remanded to trial court, which is ordered to hold a contradictory hearing and to conduct an in camera inspection of the "Position Statement" prior to ruling on the motion for protective order.
KNOLL, J., would deny the writ.