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Louisiana does not recognize a permanent mineral estate. It uses the mineral servitude, a real right that expires after ten years of nonuse. Here is how creation, prescription, and reversion work under the Mineral Code.
Louisiana actually has two homestead exemptions — a property tax break and a separate shield from creditors. Here is what each one covers, what each is worth, and how to claim it in Ouachita Parish.
Louisiana employment defaults to at-will under Civil Code article 2747, but discrimination, whistleblower, and wage-payment statutes carve out real limits. Here is how the rule and its exceptions actually work.
Louisiana does not have guardianship for adults. It has interdiction, curators, and undercurators under the Civil Code. Here is how the process works, who qualifies, and what alternatives exist.
Louisiana's forced heirship rule reserves a minimum share of an estate for young or permanently incapacitated children, no matter what a will says. Here is who qualifies, how much is protected, and how the rule changed in 1996.
A covenant marriage is an opt-in status under Louisiana law that requires premarital counseling and limits divorce to specific grounds. Here is how couples enter one and how it differs from a standard marriage.
Louisiana's community property regime treats most property acquired during marriage as jointly owned. Here is how community and separate property are defined, and what happens when the regime ends.
An act of donation must be an authentic act to be valid in Louisiana. Here is what the law requires, how a donor can reserve a usufruct, and where forced heirship and collation can affect a gift years later.
Intrafamily adoption is one of the four avenues of adoption in Louisiana. It occurs when a person adopts a family member. Since…
“Probate” is known as the transfer of a deceased persons estate to his/her rightful heirs. An “estate” is defined as the…
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