---
urn: urn:us-la:rs:9:2441
citation: "R.S. 9:2441"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 9 › Code Preliminary Title › Code Book III › Code Title II › Chapter 4 › Part III"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1996, number: 77, section: 3, effective_date: null, role: enactment }
---

# Duration of usufruct in previously executed testament

When a testament executed prior to June 18, 1996, leaves a usufruct to the surviving spouse without specifying its duration, the law in effect at the time the testament was executed shall govern the duration of the usufruct.