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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:229"
article_number: "229"
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heading: "Administration of the property of the child"
breadcrumb: "Book I › Title VII › Chapter 5 › Section 4"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109343"
acts_citations_raw: "Amended by Acts 1970, No. 436, §2; Acts 1972, No. 668, §1; Acts 1979, No. 249, §1; Acts 2015, No. 260, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016."
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    section: 2
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  - act_year: 2015
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# Art. 229. Administration of the property of the child

Each parent has the right and the obligation to administer the property of the child. The parent must do so as a prudent administrator and is answerable for any damage caused by his fraud, fault, default, or neglect. An action for failure to perform this obligation is subject to a liberative prescription of five years that commences to run from the day the child attains the age of majority.