Louisiana Revised Statutes & Codes

La. Civ. Code Ann. art. § 947 (2026)

 Right of successor to accept or renounce

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CHAPTER 6.  ACCEPTANCE AND RENUNCIATION

OF SUCCESSIONS

SECTION 1.

GENERAL PRINCIPLES

Art. 947.  Right of successor to accept or renounce

A successor is not obligated to accept rights to succeed.  He may accept some of those rights and renounce others.

Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.