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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:116"
article_number: "116"
status: active
heading: "Modification of spousal support obligation"
breadcrumb: "Book I › Title V › Chapter 2 › Section 1"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=108558"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1997, No. 1078, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1997
    act_number: 1078
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1998-01-01
    role: enactment
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# Art. 116. Modification of spousal support obligation

The obligation of final spousal support may be modified, waived, or extinguished by judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction or by authentic act or act under private signature duly acknowledged by the obligee.