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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:2432"
article_number: "2432"
status: active
heading: "Right to marital portion."
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title VI › Chapter 4"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109472"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1979, No. 710, §1."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1979
    act_number: 710
    section: 1
    role: enactment
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---

# Art. 2432. Right to marital portion.

When a spouse dies rich in comparison with the surviving spouse, the surviving spouse is entitled to claim the marital portion from the succession of the deceased spouse.