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LA SB67

Bill

Status

Passed

6/4/2025

Primary Sponsor

Franklin Foil

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Origin

Senate

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Amends Code of Civil Procedure articles governing ex parte probate of testaments, requiring objections to be filed in writing as an opposition rather than made orally at hearings
  • Removes the requirement for courts to paraph (inscribe "ne varietur") on each page of testaments during probate proceedings
  • Renames Chapter 5 of Title I of Book VI from "Payment of State Inheritance Taxes" to "Detailed Descriptive List in Lieu of Inventory"
  • Explicitly includes succession proceedings in the privilege allowing indigent individuals to litigate without prior payment of court costs
  • Requires courts to order payment from succession assets for all costs due to public officers when a party has been permitted to proceed without paying costs in a succession proceeding

Legislative Description

Provides for the continuous revision of successions. (8/1/25)

SUCCESSIONS

Last Action

Effective date 8/1/2025.

6/4/2025

Committee Referrals

Civil Law and Procedure5/5/2025
Judiciary A4/2/2025

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