Terms Used In Louisiana Civil Code 965

  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Legatee: A beneficiary of a decedent
  • Testate: To die leaving a will.

In the absence of a governing testamentary disposition, the rights of a testate successor who renounces accrete to those persons who would have succeeded to them if the legatee had predeceased the decedent.

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