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2. Louisiana Civil Code - Wikipedia

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   The Louisiana Civil Code (LCC) constitutes the core of private law in the State of Louisiana. [1] The Louisiana Civil Code is based on a more diverse set of sources than the laws of the other 49 states of the United States: substantive law between private sector parties has a civil law character, based on the French civil code and Spanish codes and ultimately Roman law, with some common law ...

3. Heir property - Wikipedia

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   Heirs Property occurs when a deceased person's heirs or will beneficiaries become owners of property (also known as real property) as tenants in common. [3] When a property is probated, a deceased person either has a will and the property is passed on to the named beneficiary, or a deceased person dies intestate, without a will, and the property could be split among multiple heirs who become ...

4. Forced heirship - Wikipedia

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   Forced heirship is a form of testate partible inheritance which mandates how the deceased's estate is to be disposed and which tends to guarantee an inheritance for family of the deceased. In forced heirship, the estate of a deceased ( de cujus ) is separated into two portions.

5. Affidavit - Wikipedia

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   An affidavit is typically defined as a written declaration or statement that is sworn or affirmed before a person who has authority to administer an oath. There is no general defined form for an affidavit, although for some proceedings an affidavit must satisfy legal or statutory requirements in order to be considered. [1] An affidavit may include,

6. Attestation clause - Wikipedia

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   The validity and form of an attestation clause is usually a matter of U.S. state law, and will vary from state to state. Many states allow attestation clauses to be added as codicils to wills that were originally drafted without them. [4]

7. Legitime - Wikipedia

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   In Louisiana, until the passing of Act No. 788 of 1989, the situation was different. Formerly, in Louisiana the legitime operated to prevent a parent from wholly disinheriting his children, who were and are still called forced heirs. If the decedent left issue in the form of one child, that issue must receive at least 25% of the decedent's estate.