La. Civ. Code art. 3276
This is the official text of La. Civ. Code art. 3276, 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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Priority of claims against succession arising after death.
Official statutory text
The charges against a succession, such as funeral charges, law charges, lawyer fees for settling the succession, the thousand dollars secured in certain cases to the surviving spouse or minor heirs of the deceased, and all claims against the succession originating after the death of the person whose succession is under administration, are to be paid before the debts contracted by the deceased person, except as otherwise provided for herein, and they are not required to be recorded.
Amended by Acts 1979, No. 711, ยง1.
Amended by Acts 1979, No. 711, ยง1.
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