---
urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:940"
article_number: "940"
status: active
heading: "Same; unborn child"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title I › Chapter 5"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=111068"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1997
    act_number: 1421
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1999-07-01
    role: enactment
schema_version: "1.0.0"
---

# Art. 940. Same; unborn child

An unborn child conceived at the death of the decedent and thereafter born alive shall be considered to exist at the death of the decedent.