STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT REED BENNETT, AS NEXT FRIEND NO. 2021 CW 1447 AND ON BEHALF OF TWO MINOR CHILDREN, KIRALY KAISER AND AYANNA KAISER

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

In Re: Reed Bennett, as Next Friend of the Minor Children, Kiraly Kaiser and Ayanna Kaiser, applying for supervisory writs, 21st Judicial District Court, Parish of Livingston, No. 170318.

BEFORE: MCCLENDON, WELCH, AND THERIOT, JJ.

WRIT GRANTED WITH ORDER. The district court' s October 25, 2021 judgment, denying and dismissing plaintiff/ relator, Reed Bennett' s, Petition for Appointment of Tutor, is a final, appealable judgment. See La. Code Civ. P. arts. 1841 & 2083.

Thus, the writ application is granted for the limited purpose of remanding this matter to the district court with instructions to grant an appeal to plaintiff pursuant to his timely notice of intent to apply for supervisory writs. See in re Howard, 541 So. 2d 195, 197 ( La. 1989) ( per curiam) . In the event plaintiff seeks to appeal the district court' s judgment, he shall submit a new order for appeal to the district court within thirty days of this order. Additionally, a copy of this court' s order is to be included in the appellate record.

PMC JEW MRT

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

DEPUTY LERK OF COURT FOR THE COURT