LA SB93

Enacts Civil Code Article 1519.1 establishing when no-contest (in terrorem) clauses in wills, trusts, and donations are unenforceable in Louisiana

Penalty clauses cannot be enforced against a person challenging a donation, succession, or trust administration if a reasonable person would conclude there was a substantial likelihood the challenge would succeed at the time the action was filed

Responds to Louisiana Supreme Court's invitation in Succession of Maloney (2024) for legislative clarity on no-contest clause enforceability, as courts had not developed a consistent approach

Aligns Louisiana law with the modern majority approach used in most U.S. states, following the Uniform Probate Code and Restatement (Third) of Property standards

Effective August 1, 2025