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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:1624"
article_number: "1624"
status: active
heading: "Mention of cause for disinherison; burden of proof; reconciliation"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title II › Chapter 6 › Section 8"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=108955"
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
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# Art. 1624. Mention of cause for disinherison; burden of proof; reconciliation

The testator shall express in the instrument the reason, facts, or circumstances that constitute the cause for the disinherison; otherwise, the disinherison is null. The reason, facts, or circumstances expressed in the instrument shall be presumed to be true. The presumption may be rebutted by a preponderance of the evidence, but the unsupported testimony of the disinherited heir shall not be sufficient to overcome the presumption.