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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:159"
article_number: "159"
status: active
heading: "Effect of divorce on community property regime"
breadcrumb: "Book I › Title V › Chapter 3"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=108916"
acts_citations_raw: "Amended by Acts 1977, No. 483, §2; Acts 1979, No. 711, §1; Acts 1990, No. 1009, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; Acts 2025, No. 488, §1."
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  - act_year: 1977
    act_number: 483
    section: 2
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  - act_year: 1979
    act_number: 711
    section: 1
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  - act_year: 1990
    act_number: 1009
    section: 2
    effective_date: 1991-01-01
    role: amendment
  - act_year: 2025
    act_number: 488
    section: 1
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# Art. 159. Effect of divorce on community property regime

A judgment of divorce terminates a community property regime retroactively to the date of filing of the petition in the action in which the judgment of divorce is rendered. The retroactive termination of the community shall be without prejudice to rights of third persons validly acquired in the interim between the filing of the petition and recordation of the judgment.