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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:1988

  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10

A beneficiary may refuse all or any part of an interest in trust.  The designation of the person in whose favor the refusal is to operate constitutes acceptance, but such a designation is subject to any restraint placed upon alienation by the trust instrument.  

Acts 1983, No. 79, §1.