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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:1514"
article_number: "1514"
status: active
heading: "Usufruct of surviving spouse affecting legitime; security"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title II › Chapter 3"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=108834"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 77, §1; Acts 2003, No. 1207, §2. NOTE: See Acts 2003, No. 1207, §3."
schema_version: "1.0.0"
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# Art. 1514. Usufruct of surviving spouse affecting legitime; security

A forced heir may request security when a usufruct in favor of a surviving spouse affects his legitime and he is not a child of the surviving spouse. A forced heir may also request security to the extent that a surviving spouse's usufruct over the legitime affects separate property. The court may order the execution of notes, mortgages, or other documents as it deems necessary, or may impose a mortgage or lien on either community or separate property, movable or immovable, as security.