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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:2436"
article_number: "2436"
status: active
heading: "Nonheritable right; prescription."
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title VI › Chapter 4"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109476"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1979, No. 710, §1."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1979
    act_number: 710
    section: 1
    role: enactment
schema_version: "1.0.0"
---

# Art. 2436. Nonheritable right; prescription.

The right of the surviving spouse to claim the marital portion is personal and nonheritable. This right prescribes three years from the date of death.