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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:2333"
article_number: "2333"
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heading: "Minors"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title VI › Chapter 1"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109400"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1979, No. 709, §1; Acts 2019, No. 401, §1."
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  - act_year: 1979
    act_number: 709
    section: 1
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  - act_year: 2019
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# Art. 2333. Minors

A minor under the age of sixteen may not enter into a matrimonial agreement. A minor sixteen or seventeen years of age may not enter into a matrimonial agreement without judicial authorization and the written concurrence of his father and mother, or of the parent having his legal custody, or of the tutor of his person.