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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:1239"
article_number: "1239"
status: active
heading: "Grandchildren; right to donations made by grandparent during life of parent"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title I › Chapter 11"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=108588"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1990, No. 147, §1, eff. July 1, 1990; Acts 1995, No. 1180, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1990
    act_number: 147
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1990-07-01
    role: enactment
  - act_year: 1995
    act_number: 1180
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1996-01-01
    role: amendment
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---

# Art. 1239. Grandchildren; right to donations made by grandparent during life of parent

A. But gifts made or legacies left to a grandchild by his grandfather or grandmother during the life of his father, are always reputed to be exempt from collation.

B. The father, inheriting from the grandfather, is not liable to collate the gifts or legacies left to his child.