2019 Louisiana Laws
Civil Code
Art. 1096. Intestate succession, definition.

Universal Citation: LA Civ Code art. 1096 (2019)

A succession is called intestate when the deceased has left no will, or when his will has been revoked or annulled as irregular.

Therefore the heirs to whom a succession has fallen by the effects of law only, are called heirs ab intestato.

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