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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:1617"
article_number: "1617"
status: active
heading: "Disinherison of forced heirs"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title II › Chapter 6 › Section 8"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=108947"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 2001, No. 573, §1, eff. June 22, 2001."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 2001
    act_number: 573
    section: 1
    effective_date: 2001-06-22
    role: enactment
schema_version: "1.0.0"
---

# Art. 1617. Disinherison of forced heirs

A forced heir shall be deprived of his legitime if he is disinherited by the testator, for just cause, in the manner prescribed in the following Articles.