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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:1626"
article_number: "1626"
status: active
heading: "Defenses to disinherison"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title II › Chapter 6 › Section 8"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=108957"
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. 1626. Defenses to disinherison

A disinherison shall not be effective if the person who is disinherited shows that because of his age or mental capacity he was not capable of understanding the impropriety of his behavior or if he shows that the behavior was unintentional or justified under the circumstances. Proof of this defense must be by a preponderance of the evidence, but the unsupported testimony of the disinherited heir shall not be sufficient to establish this defense.