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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:2355"
article_number: "2355"
status: active
heading: "Judicial authorization to act without the consent of the other spouse"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title VI › Chapter 2 › Section 2"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109426"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1979, No. 709, §1; Acts 1990, No. 989, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1991."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1979
    act_number: 709
    section: 1
    role: enactment
  - act_year: 1990
    act_number: 989
    section: 2
    effective_date: 1991-01-01
    role: amendment
schema_version: "1.0.0"
---

# Art. 2355. Judicial authorization to act without the consent of the other spouse

A spouse, in a summary proceeding, may be authorized by the court to act without the concurrence of the other spouse upon showing that such action is in the best interest of the family and that the other spouse arbitrarily refuses to concur or that concurrence may not be obtained due to the physical incapacity, mental incompetence, commitment, imprisonment, temporary absence of the other spouse, or because the other spouse is an absent person.