17. When a tutor or curator resigns, is removed, dies or is otherwise unable to act, the Public Curator or his representative may present to a judge a motion for the appointment of a new curator or, as the case may be, convoke and preside over the family council to appoint a tutor or curator, in the manner prescribed for a notary by articles 874 to 876 of the Code of Civil Procedure (chapter C-25).