La. Civ. Code art. 884

This is the official text of La. Civ. Code art. 884, 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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Representation in collateral line

Official statutory text

In the collateral line, representation is permitted in favor of the children and descendants of the brothers and sisters of the deceased, whether they succeed in concurrence with their uncles and aunts, or whether, the brothers and sisters of the deceased having died, their descendants succeed in equal or unequal degrees.

Acts 1981, No. 919, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.

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