La. Civ. Code art. 1563

This is the official text of La. Civ. Code art. 1563, part of Louisiana’s Civil Code — louisiana's civil law tradition codifies persons, property, obligations, and family relations here rather than in a separate statutory code.

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Nonfulfillment of conditions or nonperformance of charges that donee can perform or prevent

Official statutory text

If a donation is made on a condition that the donee has the power to perform or prevent, or depends on the performance of a charge by the donee, the nonfulfillment of the condition or the nonperformance of the charge does not, of right, operate a dissolution of the donation. It may be dissolved only by consent of the parties or by judicial decree.

Acts 2008, No. 204, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

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