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Section 81 – Action involving succession

May 13, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Louisiana

When a succession has been opened judicially, until rendition of the judgment of possession, the following actions shall be brought in the court in which the succession proceeding is pending:

(1) A personal action by a creditor of the deceased; but an action brought against the deceased prior to his death may be prosecuted against his succession representative in the court in which it was brought;
(2) An action to partition the succession;
(3) An action to annul the testament of the deceased; and
(4) An action to assert a right to the succession of the deceased, either under his testament or by effect of law.

La. C.P. ยง 81