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    Sep 5, 2010, 04:44 AM
    In Louisiana does a spouce come into your inheritance if you get divorced?
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    Sep 5, 2010, 04:54 AM

    It doesn't matter what state you live in. If you are divorced & there isn't a will which specifically leaves the divorced spouse something... you don't inherit anything.
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    Sep 5, 2010, 05:21 AM

    Inheritance is separate property under Louisiana law. So it doesn't matter you were married its still separate.

    Separate property:

    The separate property of a spouse is his exclusively. It comprises: property acquired by a spouse prior to the establishment of a community property regime; property acquired by a spouse with separate things or with separate and community things when the value of the community things is inconsequential in comparison with the value of the separate things used; property acquired by a spouse by inheritance or donation to him individually; damages awarded to a spouse in an action for breach of contract against the other spouse or for the loss sustained as a result of fraud or bad faith in the management of community property by the other spouse; damages or other indemnity awarded to a spouse in connection with the management of his separate property; and things acquired by a spouse as a result of a voluntary partition of the community during the existence of a community property regime. Art. 2341.

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    Louisiana Community Property Agreement Law - Separation Agreements - Divorce

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