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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
The court shall appoint an attorney at law to represent the unrepresented defendant in an executory proceeding under the following circumstances:
(1) When the defendant is an absentee;
(2) When the debtor is dead, no succession representative has been appointed, and his heirs and legatees have not been sent into possession;
(3) When the debtor's property is under the administration of a legal representative, but the latter has died, resigned, or been removed from office, and no successor thereof has qualified;
(4) When the defendant is a corporation or a partnership upon which process cannot be served for any reason; and
(5) When the defendant is a minor, or a mental incompetent, who has no legal representative at the time of the institution of the proceeding.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure Tit. II, Art. 2674. Attorney appointed to represent unrepresented defendant - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/la/code-of-civil-procedure/la-code-civ-proc-tit-ii-art-2674/
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