Category Archives: Successions & Probate
Act 293 Raises Louisiana’s Small-Succession Threshold to $200,000
Louisiana has expanded the number of estates that may qualify as small successions. Effective August 1, 2026, Act 293 of the 2026 Regular Session increases the applicable gross-value threshold from $125,000 to $200,000 for a…
What Can’t a Succession Representative Do? Conflicts, Security, and the Myth of the “Unopened Succession”
Louisiana succession representatives are fiduciaries, but they are not free agents. The Code defines a succession representative to include administrators, provisional administrators, administrators of vacant successions, executors, and dative testamentary executors. Their authority depends on…
What Are the Most Common Reasons Louisiana Successions End Up in Court?
Not every succession becomes litigation, but the same kinds of problems tend to drive the ones that do. If a family wants to understand why an estate that looked simple is now heading to court,…
What Does a Baton Rouge Succession Consultation Actually Cover?
A Baton Rouge succession consultation should do more than collect names and documents. It should help your family understand what legal process may be required, what property is involved, what issues may cause delay or…
When Can a Louisiana Family Use a Small-Succession Affidavit Instead of Opening Court Proceedings?
Louisiana permits affidavit-based small-succession procedure in limited situations, but the availability of that shortcut depends on both value and posture. Article 3421 defines a small succession to include, among other things, a Louisiana domiciliary estate…
Do You Need a Lawyer for an “Uncontested” Louisiana Succession?
A lot of families call a succession uncontested because everyone gets along. That is helpful, but it does not always make the process simple. An uncontested succession may still involve title issues, heirship proof, affidavit…
What Happens When a Probate Fight Involves a Business, LLC, or Investment Property?
Some succession fights are really fights about a house. Others involve a business, an LLC, rental property, or investment accounts. Those cases are usually more complex because they combine succession law with business documents, accounting…
What Happens When Probate and Elder Law Collide in Louisiana?
Probate and elder law in Louisiana often overlap rather than arriving as neatly separated problems. Families dealing with a death may also be dealing with failed incapacity planning, prior caregiving disputes, long-term care expenses, Medicaid…
Filiation Fights in Louisiana Successions: When an Heir Has to Prove Parentage After Death
Filiation disputes arise when someone claims the right to inherit as a child of the decedent, but the legal parent-child relationship was never fully established before death. In an intestate succession, descendants are the first…
What Out-of-State Families Need to Know About Louisiana Successions
When a person who lived outside Louisiana dies owning property here, the family may need a Louisiana ancillary succession even if probate has already been opened—or completed—in another state. That does not necessarily mean starting…
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