2009 Louisiana Civil Code :: CC 1742 - Acceptance or renunciation of succession

NOTE: Art. 1742 effective until Sept. 1, 2005. See Acts 2004, No. 619, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 2005.

Art. 1742. Reduction of donations to disposable portion.

All donations made to a married couple by their marriage contract, are, at the time of the opening of the succession of the donor, reducible to the portion that the law permitted him to dispose of.

NOTE: Art. 1742 as amended by Acts 2004, No. 619, §1, eff. Sept. 1. 2005:

Art. 1742. Acceptance or renunciation of succession

The donee of a donation of property that the donor will leave at his death has the right to accept or renounce the succession of the donor in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 6 of Title I of Book III.

Acts 2004, No. 619, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 2005.

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