Terms Used In Louisiana Civil Code 952

  • Codicil: An addition, change, or supplement to a will executed with the same formalities required for the will itself.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Testate: To die leaving a will.

An acceptance or renunciation of rights to succeed by intestacy is null if a testament is subsequently probated or given the effect of probate.  An acceptance or renunciation of rights to succeed in a testate succession is null if the probate of the testament is subsequently annulled or the rights are altered, amended, or revoked by a subsequent testament or codicil.

Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 2001, No. 824, §1.