La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 3031
This is the official text of La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 3031, part of Louisiana’s Code of Civil Procedure — sets the procedural rules for civil lawsuits in Louisiana courts.
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Sending legatees into possession without administration
Official statutory text
A. When a testament has been probated or given the effect of probate, and subject to the provisions of Article 3033, the court may send all of the legatees into possession of their respective legacies without an administration of the succession, on the ex parte petition of all of the general and universal legatees, if each of them is either competent or is acting through a qualified legal representative, and each of them accepts the succession, and none of the creditors of the succession has demanded its administration.
B. In such cases, the surviving spouse in community of the testator may be recognized by the court as entitled to the possession of the community property, as provided in Article 3001.
Acts 1997, No. 1421, ยง3, eff. July 1, 1999.
B. In such cases, the surviving spouse in community of the testator may be recognized by the court as entitled to the possession of the community property, as provided in Article 3001.
Acts 1997, No. 1421, ยง3, eff. July 1, 1999.
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