RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 102 (HB 328) 2017 Regular Session Coussan
Prior law allowed for the recovery of attorney fees and costs in an action regarding the
acknowledgment of extinction of rights involving immovable property from the person who
demanded or refused delivery of the acknowledgment.
New law amends prior law to provide that the losing party of a suit under prior law may be
ordered to pay attorney fees and costs incurred by the prevailing party.
Effective August 1, 2017.
(Amends R.S. 9:5176(D))