La. Civ. Code art. 965
This is the official text of La. Civ. Code art. 965, 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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Accretion upon renunciation in testate successions
Official statutory text
In the absence of a governing testamentary disposition, the rights of a testate successor who renounces accrete to those persons who would have succeeded to them if the legatee had predeceased the decedent.
Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 2001, No. 824, §1.
Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 2001, No. 824, §1.
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