Terms Used In Louisiana Civil Code 2785

  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.

An annuity contract may be established in favor of several natural persons, whether in divided shares or in indivision.  When an annuity contract is established for the lifetimes of several recipients of payments in indivision, the termination of the interest of a recipient inures to the benefit of those remaining unless the annuity contract expressly provides otherwise.

Acts 2012, No. 258, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2013.