From the desk of Hudson, Potts & Bernstein
Practical commentary on the questions our clients bring us — from adoption and estate planning to creditors' rights, real estate, and the shifting ground of Louisiana business law.
Louisiana runs three separate adoption procedures for three different situations: intrafamily adoption for relatives with custody, stepparent adoption within that same framework, and adult adoption under an entirely different Civil Code track.
A Louisiana construction lien runs on Private Works Act deadlines that change depending on whether a notice of contract was filed. Here is who has lien rights, which deadline applies, and what contractor license a project requires.
Louisiana requires most malpractice claims to go through a medical review panel before a lawsuit can be filed. Here is how the panel process works, how it protects your deadline to sue, and what the damages cap does and does not cover.
Redhibition lets a Louisiana buyer undo a sale or cut its price over a hidden defect the seller didn't disclose. Here is how the Civil Code's good-faith and bad-faith rules, and its prescription deadlines, actually work.
Louisiana pays four distinct categories of workers' compensation wage benefits, each with its own duration rules. Here is how TTD, PTD, SEB, and PPD actually work, and how long each one can last under La. R.S. 23:1221.
SSDI and SSI are both federal disability programs run by the same agency, but they use entirely different eligibility rules. Here is how work credits, income limits, Louisiana's Disability Determination Services, and hearing wait times actually work.
A usufruct divides Louisiana property into two rights: the usufructuary's use and the naked owner's title. Here is how it is created, how it ends, and why it matters for surviving spouses.
Louisiana's intestate succession rules send a deceased person's estate to descendants, then spouse, parents, and siblings in a fixed order — and community and separate property are not always treated the same way.
Louisiana calls it succession, not probate. Here is how the process actually works, from the small succession affidavit through a formal judicial succession and judgment of possession.
Louisiana's personal injury deadline changed from one year to two years for injuries on or after July 1, 2024. Here is how the old and new rules work, and which claims follow different deadlines entirely.
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