2006 Louisiana Laws - RS 22:1521 — Miscellaneous provisions

CHAPTER 2.  MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

PART I.  IN GENERAL

§1521.  Donations inter vivos of life insurance policies; laws respecting form inapplicable

A.  Donations inter vivos of life insurance policies, and the naming of beneficiaries therein, whether revocably or irrevocably, are not governed by the provisions of the Revised Civil Code of 1870, or any other laws of this state relative to the form of donations inter vivos.  

B.  This section is remedial and retrospective.  All donations inter vivos of life insurance policies made on or before July 31, 1968 are valid and effective, whether or not such donations were made in the form prescribed by the Civil Code or by any other laws of this state.  

Acts 1958, No. 125.  Amended by Acts 1968, No. 157, §§1, 2.