La. Civ. Code art. 1751
This is the official text of La. Civ. Code art. 1751, 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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Disguised donations and donations to persons interposed
Official statutory text
A donation of property that the donor will leave at his death is absolutely null if it is disguised or made to a person interposed to his spouse.
The following are reputed to be such person interposed:
(1) a child of the donee spouse who is not among the spouses' common children; or
(2) a person to whom the donee spouse is a presumptive successor at the time when the donation is made, even if the donee spouse does not thereafter survive that person.
Acts 2004, No. 619, ยง1, eff. Sept. 1, 2005.
The following are reputed to be such person interposed:
(1) a child of the donee spouse who is not among the spouses' common children; or
(2) a person to whom the donee spouse is a presumptive successor at the time when the donation is made, even if the donee spouse does not thereafter survive that person.
Acts 2004, No. 619, ยง1, eff. Sept. 1, 2005.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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