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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:230"
article_number: "230"
status: active
heading: "Alienation, encumbrance, or lease of the property of the child; expenditure of fruits"
breadcrumb: "Book I › Title VII › Chapter 5 › Section 4"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109352"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1985, No. 173, §1; Acts 1992, No. 1014, §1; Acts 2001, No. 408, §1; Acts 2015, No. 260, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016."
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    act_number: 173
    section: 1
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  - act_year: 1992
    act_number: 1014
    section: 1
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  - act_year: 2001
    act_number: 408
    section: 1
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  - act_year: 2015
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    effective_date: 2016-01-01
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# Art. 230. Alienation, encumbrance, or lease of the property of the child; expenditure of fruits

Either parent may alienate, encumber, or lease the property of the child, compromise a claim of the child, or incur an obligation of the child for his education, support, and maintenance only with prior court approval, except as otherwise provided by law.

Nevertheless, a parent may expend, without court approval, the fruits of the child's property for the shared benefit of the family, excluding major children not living in the household, or for the expenses of the child's household or property.