4.1.1 Classifying Donations

There are two kinds of donations. A donation inter vivos (between living persons) is an act by which the donor divests ownership of a thing, at present and irrevocably, in favor of a donee who accepts it.1  A donation mortis causa (in prospect of death) is an act to take effect, when the donor shall no longer exist, by which the donor disposes of the whole or a part of the donor’s property, and which is revocable.2

• 1La. C.C. art. 1468.
• 2La. C.C. art. 1469.