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La. Rev. Stat. § 9:572 (2026)

Person having parental authority; acts that may be performed without court approval

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§572. Person having parental authority; acts that may be performed without court approval

            A person having parental authority may perform the following acts without court approval:

            (1) Alienate any movable property of the minor if the sum to be received does not exceed fifteen thousand dollars.

            (2) Encumber any property of the minor as security for his obligation if the secured obligation does not exceed fifteen thousand dollars.

            (3) Compromise a cause of action of the minor if the sum or value of the property to be paid or received does not exceed fifteen thousand dollars, excluding court costs, attorney fees, and other expenses.

            (4) Make usual or customary donations of the corporeal, movable property of the minor, if the value of the minor's property transferred by the donation does not exceed one thousand dollars and the minor's property donated without court approval during parental authority does not exceed a total of fifteen thousand dollars.

            (5) Obligate the minor if the obligation does not exceed fifteen thousand dollars.

            Acts 1999, No. 524, §1; Acts 2015, No. 260, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 19 cases, 1975–1995 · leading case: Eicke v. Eicke, 517 So. 2d 1067 (La. Ct. App. 1987).
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Eicke v. Eicke, 517 So. 2d 1067 (La. Ct. App. 1987). · cites it 11× “ASSIGNMENT OF ERROR NUMBER ONE By their first assignment, the Hydes contend that LSA-R.S. 9:572(B), which was the basis of the Eickes' claim to entitlement to grandparents' visitation privileges, is not applicable to the factual situation presented in this case.”
Smith v. Trosclair, 321 So. 2d 514 (La. 1975). · cites it 8× “R.S. 9:572. The trial court granted plaintiff visitation rights, and the court of appeal reversed.”
Dripps v. Dripps, 366 So. 2d 544 (La. 1979). · cites it 2× “R.S. 9:572 (1975) entitled the grandparents to reasonable visitation rights to the minor children if such visitation rights were found to be in the best interests of the children.”
Matter of Tuccio, 665 So. 2d 531 (La. Ct. App. 1995). · cites it 4× “Thus, LSA-R.S. 9:572 is the applicable statute and will be considered in our analysis.”
Preston v. Mercieri, 573 A.2d 128 (N.H. 1990). “1989); La. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 9:572 (West Supp. 1989); Mass.”
Counts v. Bracken, 494 So. 2d 1275 (La. Ct. App. 1986). “That statute does not mention the jurisdictional aspects of such an action.”
McCarty v. McCarty, 559 So. 2d 517 (La. Ct. App. 1990). · cites it 2× “Formerly, only grandparents and siblings could seek visitation under the provisions of LSA-R.S. 9:572, infra. LSA-C.C. Art. 146.”
Legrand v. Legrand, 455 So. 2d 705 (La. Ct. App. 1984). “4, [R.S. 9:572], provides: "If one of the parties to a marriage dies and is survived by a minor child or children of the marriage, the parents of such deceased party may have reasonable visitation rights to the child or children of the marriage during their minority, if the…”
State ex rel. Robinson, 517 So. 2d 477 (La. Ct. App. 1987). · cites it 3× “R.S. 9:572(B). EXCEPTION OF RES JUDICATA La.”
Matter of A---F, 760 S.W.2d 916 (Mo. Ct. App. 1988). “021 (Michie/Bobbs-Merrill 1984); La.Rev.Stat.Ann. § 9:572 (1975); Okla.Stat.”
Strong v. Trosclair, 423 So. 2d 13 (La. Ct. App. 1982). · cites it 2× “Thereafter, the father filed suit in the Eighteenth Judicial District of Louisiana [1] requesting modification and expansion of the visitation rights granted by the Mississippi court.”
Smith v. Trosclair, 303 So. 2d 926 (La. Ct. App. 1975). · cites it 5× “This appeal was taken from a judgment of the Twenty-third Judicial District Court for the Parish of Ascension granting visitation privileges to plaintiff-appellee, maternal *927 grandmother of Dyrk Joseph Trosclair and Todd Anthony Trosclair, pursuant to the provisions of…”
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La. Rev. Stat. § 9:572(A): 1 case
Clary v. Clary, 426 So. 2d 238 (La. Ct. App. 1983).
La. Rev. Stat. § 9:572(B): 7 cases
Eicke v. Eicke, 517 So. 2d 1067 (La. Ct. App. 1987). “ASSIGNMENT OF ERROR NUMBER ONE By their first assignment, the Hydes contend that LSA-R.S. 9:572(B), which was the basis of the Eickes' claim to entitlement to grandparents' visitation privileges, is not applicable to the factual situation presented in this case.”
Dripps v. Dripps, 366 So. 2d 544 (La. 1979). “R.S. 9:572 (1975) entitled the grandparents to reasonable visitation rights to the minor children if such visitation rights were found to be in the best interests of the children.”
State ex rel. Robinson, 517 So. 2d 477 (La. Ct. App. 1987). “R.S. 9:572(B). EXCEPTION OF RES JUDICATA La.”
Burch v. Louque, 392 So. 2d 120 (La. Ct. App. 1980).
Walton v. Hutton, 457 So. 2d 1230 (La. Ct. App. 1984).
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