Ask a legal question, get an answer ASAP!
Click here to chat with a lawyer about your rights.

Terms Used In Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure 3372

  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Testate: To die leaving a will.

At any time prior to the homologation of the final tableau of distribution, the legatees in a testate succession may be sent into possession of all or part of their respective legacies upon filing a petition for possession as provided in Articles 3031 through 3035, except that the proceeding shall be contradictory with the executor.  Upon the filing of such a petition, the court shall order the executor to show cause why the legatees should not be sent into possession.  If the legatees are sent into possession of a part of their respective legacies, the executor shall continue to administer the remainder.