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STATE OF LOUISIANA

              COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

IN RE    INTERDICTION OF                                                                      NO.       2023 CW          0100
SHIRLEY M.         TURNER

                                                                                               APRIL 17,              2023

In Re:            Shirley          M.        Turner,              applying             for    supervisory                writs,
                  21st       Judicial              District             Court,           Parish         of    Livingston,
                  No.     173,396.

BEFORE:           McCLENDON,                HOLDRIDGE,            AND       GRtENE,       JJ.

        WRIT       DENIED.             The     petition             in       this       case       clearly          states       a
cause    of       action          for       Interdiction.                    See       La.    Civ.      Code        art.       38 9
and    La.    Code       Civ.          P.    art.       4541.          The       relator       could         have    filed       a
dilatory exception raising the                                    objection of               nonconformity of the
petition          with       the       requirements                of       La.    Code       Civ.      P.     art.       4541.
Since    that       objection was                  not        filed         by    the    relator         with       or    prior
to    the     filing         of        the     peremptory                exception,            it    is       waived.          La.
Code    Civ.       P.     art.         92 8.       However,            evidence           may      be    introduced             at
the    hearing          on    the       interdiction                   as    to    whether          less      restrictive
means       other        than      full        interdiction                  are       available          or    whether          a
limited interdiction would be appropriate.

                                                                  GH
                                                                  HG

        McClendon,                J. ,        dissents                 and        would         grant          the        writ.
Plaintiff,          Sherry Foster,                  failed             to    set    forth       with particularity
the    less       restrictive                means       for           meeting         Shirley          Turner's          needs
that     were       considered                or    implemented                   prior       to     the       filing          for
interdiction,                or    the         reason             less       restrictive            means       were           not
considered or             implemented               or the             reason a          less      restrictive means
is    insufficient                to    meet       her        needs          in    accordance           with        La.    Code
Civ.     P.       art.       4541 (A) ( 11).             I        would          grant       the    exception             of    no
cause        of    action          filed           by    Shirley                 Turner       and       remand        to       the
district           court           with            instruction                    to     allow           plaintiff              an
opportunity          to      amend           the    petition                to    remove      the       grounds       of       the
objection.         See La.             Code Civ.             P.    art.      934.

COURT    OF APPEAL,               FIRST CIRCUIT

       DEPUTY      CLERK OF COURT
              FOR THE         COURT