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  "urn": "urn:us-la:rs:9:1851",
  "title_number": "9",
  "section_number": "1851",
  "citation": "R.S. 9:1851",
  "heading": "General rule",
  "text": "The marital portion provided under Article 2432 of the Louisiana Civil Code, whether in full property or usufruct only, or any portion thereof, may be placed in trust, if:\n\n(1) The net income accruing to the surviving spouse therefrom is payable to the surviving spouse not less than once each year;\n\n(2) The surviving spouse's interest is subject to no charges or condition, except that the trust instrument may place restrictions upon the alienation of the marital portion in trust; and\n\n(3) The term of the trust, as it affects the marital portion, does not exceed the life of the surviving spouse.",
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      "number": "9",
      "name": "CIVIL CODE--ANCILLARIES"
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    {
      "level": "code_book",
      "number": "III",
      "name": "OF THE DIFFERENT MODES OF ACQUIRING THE OWNERSHIP OF THINGS PRELIMINARY TITLE - GENERAL DISPOSITIONS (BLANK)"
    },
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      "level": "code_title",
      "number": "II",
      "name": "OF DONATIONS INTER VIVOS (BETWEEN LIVING PERSONS) AND MORTIS CAUSA (IN PROSPECT OF DEATH)"
    },
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      "level": "chapter",
      "number": "1",
      "name": "LOUISIANA TRUST CODE"
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    {
      "level": "part",
      "number": "II",
      "name": "CREATION OF THE TRUST"
    },
    {
      "level": "subpart",
      "number": "J",
      "name": "MARITAL PORTION IN TRUST"
    }
  ],
  "breadcrumb": "Title 9 › Code Preliminary Title › Code Book III › Code Title II › Chapter 1 › Part II › Subpart J",
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      "act_year": 1977,
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      "act_year": 1979,
      "act_number": 711,
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      "effective_date": "1980-01-01",
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  "acts_citations_raw": "Added by Acts 1977, No. 67, §1. Amended by Acts 1979, No. 711, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1980.",
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