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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:1740"
article_number: "1740"
status: active
heading: "Division following substitution of common descendants"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title II › Chapter 8 › Section 3"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=108974"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 2004, No. 619, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 2005."
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  - act_year: 2004
    act_number: 619
    section: 1
    effective_date: 2005-09-01
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---

# Art. 1740. Division following substitution of common descendants

If the common descendants of the spouses find themselves substituted to both or one of the spouses, the property to which the common descendants are entitled shall be divided among them in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 2 of Title I of Book III.