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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:1503"
article_number: "1503"
status: active
heading: "Reduction of excessive donations"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title II › Chapter 3"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=108822"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 77, §1."
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# Art. 1503. Reduction of excessive donations

A donation, inter vivos or mortis causa , that impinges upon the legitime of a forced heir is not null but is merely reducible to the extent necessary to eliminate the impingement.