CC 359 - Restriction on legal capacity.
Art. 359. Restriction on legal capacity.
The decree if granted shall restrict the legal capacity of the mentally retarded person to that of a permanent minor, except that after the age of eighteen the retarded person, unless formally interdicted, shall have the legal capacity of a minor who has been granted the emancipation conferring the power of administration as set forth in Chapter 2, Section 2 of this book and title.
Added by Acts 1966, No. 496, §2. Amended by Acts 1974, No. 714, §1.