Usufruct
Article 51

Termination by judgment of declaration of death ACTIVE

The curatorship of the property of the absent person also terminates when a judgment of declaration of death is rendered.

When an absent person has no known heirs and is presumed dead, it shall be the duty of the curator to initiate proceedings for a declaration of death.

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History

  • enactment Acts 1990, No. 989, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1991

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La. Civ. Code art. 51 (2026).
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@misc{lacivcode-art-51,
  title        = {La. Civ. Code art. 51},
  howpublished = {Louisiana Civil Code},
  year         = {2026},
  url          = {https://theusufruct.com/cc/51},
  note         = {Snapshot 2026-05-22}
}