Terms Used In Louisiana Civil Code 944

  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Testate: To die leaving a will.

An action to declare a successor unworthy is subject to a liberative prescription of five years from the death of the decedent as to intestate successors and five years from the probate of the will as to testate successors.

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