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3.5.6 Escheatment

If there are no heirs in any of the preceding classes, the estate of the deceased belongs to the state.1  This situation is extremely rare.

  • 1La. C.C. art. 902.

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Pro Bono Desk Manual

  • Foreward
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  • Correcting Names and Gender Markers
  • Court Access for Individuals with Disabilities
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  • Louisiana Successions
    • 1 Introduction
    • 2 Basic Succession Law Practice
    • 3 Intestate Successions
      • 3.1 General Principles of Intestate Succession
      • 3.2 Classifying Property for Intestate Successions
      • 3.3 Inheritance of Community Property
      • 3.4 Inheritance of Separate Property
      • 3.5 Classes of Heirs
        • 3.5.1 Descendants
        • 3.5.2 Parents and Siblings
        • 3.5.3 Surviving Spouse
        • 3.5.4 Grandparents or Other Ascendants
        • 3.5.5 Remote Collateral Relatives
        • 3.5.6 Escheatment
    • 4 Testate Successions
    • 5 Principles Applicable to All Successions
    • 6 Succession Procedure
    • 7 State Inheritance Taxes
    • 8 Forms and Templates
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