HLS 22RS-722 ENGROSSED
2022 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 225
BY REPRESENTATIVE GREGORY MILLER
(On Recommendation of the Louisiana State Law Institute)
SUCCESSIONS: Provides for the return of donated property
1 AN ACT
2To repeal Civil Code Articles 897 and 898, relative to successions; to repeal the ascendant's
3 right to inherit immovables donated to a descendant; and to provide for related
4 matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. Civil Code Articles 897 and 898 are hereby repealed in their entirety.
DIGEST
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HB 225 Engrossed 2022 Regular Session Gregory Miller
Abstract: Repeals the ascendant's right to inherit movables donated to a descendant.
Present law (C.C. Arts. 897 and 898) provides that ascendants inherit the immovable
property given by them to their descendants who died without descendants, subject to all
mortgages which the descendant may have imposed on them.
Present law further provides that ascendants inheriting such property are bound to contribute
to the payment of the debts of the succession, in proportion to the value of the objects given.
Proposed law repeals present law.
(Repeals C.C. Arts. 897 and 898)
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