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2025 Louisiana Laws
Civil Code
Art. 1724. Right of parents and ascendants to partition property among descendants
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CHAPTER 7. OF PARTITIONS MADE BY PARENTS AND OTHER
ASCENDANTS AMONG THEIR DESCENDANTS
Art. 1724. Right of parents and ascendants to partition property among descendants
Fathers and mothers and other ascendants may make a distribution and partition of their property among their children and descendants, either by designating the quantum of the parts and partitions [portions] which they assign to each of them, or in designating the property* that shall compose their respective lots.
Acts 2004, No. 26, §1.
* English translation of French text incomplete; should include "of one kind or another."
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