La. R.S. 29:357

Where a petition is filed for the appointment of a curator of a mentally incompetent veteran or helpless child of a deceased or living veteran, a certificate of the administrator or his representative, setting forth the fact that such person has been rated incompetent by the veterans administration on examination in accordance with the laws and regulations governing such veterans administration, and that the appointment of a curator is a condition precedent to the payment of any moneys due such person by the veterans administration, shall be prima facie evidence of the necessity for such appointment; and that where a petition is filed for the appointment of a curator for any other incompetent ward of the veterans administration, a certificate of the administrator or his representative, setting forth that the appointment of a curator for such other incompetent ward is a condition precedent to the payment of any moneys due such person by the veterans administration, shall be prima facie evidence of the necessity for such appointment.