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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:1420"
article_number: "1420"
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heading: "Regulation of payment of debts by testament or by agreement among successors"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title I › Chapter 13 › Section 3"
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acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999."
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  - act_year: 1997
    act_number: 1421
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1999-07-01
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# Art. 1420. Regulation of payment of debts by testament or by agreement among successors

The provisions of this Section pertaining to responsibility of the successors among themselves for estate debts do not prevent that responsibility from being otherwise regulated by the testament or by agreement of the successors. Nevertheless, the rights of creditors of the estate cannot be impaired by the testament or by agreement among the successors.