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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:1482"
article_number: "1482"
status: active
heading: "Proof of incapacity to donate"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title II › Chapter 2"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=108802"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1991, No. 363, §1; Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 25, §2, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2001, No. 509, §2, eff. June 1, 2001; Acts 2003, No. 1008, §1."
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  - act_year: 2001
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  - act_year: 2003
    act_number: 1008
    section: 1
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# Art. 1482. Proof of incapacity to donate

A. A person who challenges the capacity of a donor must prove by clear and convincing evidence that the donor lacked capacity at the time the donor made the donation inter vivos or executed the testament.

B. A full interdict lacks capacity to make or revoke a donation inter vivos or disposition mortis causa .

C. A limited interdict, with respect to property under the authority of the curator, lacks capacity to make or revoke a donation inter vivos and is presumed to lack capacity to make or revoke a disposition mortis causa . With respect to his other property, the limited interdict is presumed to have capacity to make or revoke a donation inter vivos or disposition mortis causa . These presumptions may be rebutted by a preponderance of the evidence.