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Estate Planning Laws in Louisiana.
Louisiana is the only U.S. civil-law jurisdiction and its succession law is distinctive. Successions are governed by Book III of the Louisiana Civil Code, with concepts like forced heirship (more limited today than historically), usufruct, and donations inter vivos / mortis causa that have no common-law equivalent. Louisiana trust law sits in Louisiana Revised Statutes Title 9.
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Louisiana successions cover testate and intestate transfers, forced heirship rules (limited to descendants under 24 or with disabilities), usufruct arrangements, and related fiduciary concepts distinctive to civil law.
Louisiana’s Trust Code governs creation, modification, administration, and termination of trusts under Louisiana’s civil-law framework.
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