Art. 3091 Petition for notice of application for appointment

If someone dies and you have an interest in their estate (called a "succession" in Louisiana), you can ask the court to notify you before it appoints someone as administrator of the estate. You do this by filing a petition asking for that notice. You can file this request at any time after the person's death.

Your petition needs to follow the format required by Article 3092. It also needs to include the same case number and title as the succession case, and the court clerk will file it in that case's records.

If you file your petition within 10 days of the death, or before anyone applies to become administrator, then whoever applies for that job must give you formal notice as described in Article 3093. This gives people with a stake in the estate a chance to know who is being considered to manage it, and to speak up if they have concerns.