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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:1495"
article_number: "1495"
status: active
heading: "Amount of forced portion and disposable portion"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title II › Chapter 3"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=108813"
acts_citations_raw: "Amended by Acts 1981, No. 442, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982; Acts 1989, No. 788, §1, eff. July 1, 1990; Acts 1990, No. 147, §1, eff. July 1, 1990; Acts 1995, No. 1180, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996; Acts 1996, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 77, §1; Acts 2020, No. 19, §1."
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  - act_year: 1981
    act_number: 442
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1982-01-01
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  - act_year: 1989
    act_number: 788
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1990-07-01
    role: amendment
  - act_year: 1990
    act_number: 147
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1990-07-01
    role: amendment
  - act_year: 1995
    act_number: 1180
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1996-01-01
    role: amendment
  - act_year: 2020
    act_number: 19
    section: 1
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# Art. 1495. Amount of forced portion and disposable portion

Donations inter vivos and mortis causa may not exceed three-fourths of the property of the donor if he leaves, at his death, one forced heir, and one-half if he leaves, at his death, two or more forced heirs. The portion reserved for the forced heirs is called the forced portion and the remainder is called the disposable portion.