---
urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:1494"
article_number: "1494"
status: active
heading: "Forced heir entitled to legitime; exception"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title II › Chapter 3"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=108812"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1995, No. 1180, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 77, §1."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1995
    act_number: 1180
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1996-01-01
    role: enactment
schema_version: "1.0.0"
---

# Art. 1494. Forced heir entitled to legitime; exception

A forced heir may not be deprived of the portion of the decedent's estate reserved to him by law, called the legitime, unless the decedent has just cause to disinherit him.