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Louisiana treats lifetime gifts and gifts that take effect at death under different rules. This overview explains donation inter vivos versus mortis causa in plain terms for northeast Louisiana readers.
A plain-English look at how workers’ compensation decisions can be challenged in Louisiana, what an appeal generally involves, and what injured workers and employers in northeast Louisiana should understand before the process begins.
A plain-English look at how emancipation of minors works in Louisiana, including judicial and conventional paths, what changes for a young person, and what families in northeast Louisiana should understand before taking any step.
A plain-English look at how adults and families in northeast Louisiana can pursue a legal name change, what the court process generally involves, and how everyday records get updated afterward.
When someone dies leaving a modest estate in Louisiana, heirs may be able to transfer property with a simplified affidavit instead of a full court succession. This overview explains how the small succession process works in plain terms for northeast Louisiana families.
A plain-English look at how Louisiana curatorship works when an adult can no longer manage personal or financial decisions, including who a curator is, what the court expects, and how families in northeast Louisiana typically encounter the process.
Louisiana couples can use matrimonial agreements to set their own property rules before or during marriage. This plain-English guide covers prenups, postnups, and how those choices affect homes, businesses, and debt in northeast Louisiana.
Liberative prescription is Louisiana’s version of a time limit on filing a lawsuit. This plain-English guide explains how those deadlines work for people and businesses in northeast Louisiana.
Louisiana runs three separate adoption procedures for three different situations: intrafamily adoption for relatives with custody, stepparent adoption within that same framework, and adult adoption under an entirely different Civil Code track.
Louisiana requires most malpractice claims to go through a medical review panel before a lawsuit can be filed. Here is how the panel process works, how it protects your deadline to sue, and what the damages cap does and does not cover.
Louisiana pays four distinct categories of workers' compensation wage benefits, each with its own duration rules. Here is how TTD, PTD, SEB, and PPD actually work, and how long each one can last under La. R.S. 23:1221.
SSDI and SSI are both federal disability programs run by the same agency, but they use entirely different eligibility rules. Here is how work credits, income limits, Louisiana's Disability Determination Services, and hearing wait times actually work.
A usufruct divides Louisiana property into two rights: the usufructuary's use and the naked owner's title. Here is how it is created, how it ends, and why it matters for surviving spouses.
Louisiana's intestate succession rules send a deceased person's estate to descendants, then spouse, parents, and siblings in a fixed order — and community and separate property are not always treated the same way.
Louisiana calls it succession, not probate. Here is how the process actually works, from the small succession affidavit through a formal judicial succession and judgment of possession.
Louisiana's personal injury deadline changed from one year to two years for injuries on or after July 1, 2024. Here is how the old and new rules work, and which claims follow different deadlines entirely.
Louisiana does not have guardianship for adults. It has interdiction, curators, and undercurators under the Civil Code. Here is how the process works, who qualifies, and what alternatives exist.
Louisiana's forced heirship rule reserves a minimum share of an estate for young or permanently incapacitated children, no matter what a will says. Here is who qualifies, how much is protected, and how the rule changed in 1996.
A covenant marriage is an opt-in status under Louisiana law that requires premarital counseling and limits divorce to specific grounds. Here is how couples enter one and how it differs from a standard marriage.
Louisiana's community property regime treats most property acquired during marriage as jointly owned. Here is how community and separate property are defined, and what happens when the regime ends.
Intrafamily adoption is one of the four avenues of adoption in Louisiana. It occurs when a person adopts a family member. Since…
“Probate” is known as the transfer of a deceased persons estate to his/her rightful heirs. An “estate” is defined as the…
Adoption is the legal process of transferring all parental rights from a child’s biological parent(s) to his/her adoptive…
Buying a property is a significant financial investment and a milestone achievement for many. However, before finalizing the deal…
Buying property or a home is one of the most significant financial transactions in a person’s life. As a buyer, you are not only…
The Supreme Court delivered a lethal blow to the Center for Disease Control’s eviction moratorium in a 6-3 decision issued on…
Louisiana’s Second Circuit Court of Appeal recently adopted an order suspending all appellate filing deadlines which occur…
The Louisiana Supreme Court upheld the precedent that, in suits to enforce a promissory note, the plaintiff who produces the note…
High levels of regulatory uncertainty can cripple the growth of new companies in emerging industries. The world of cryptocurrency…
On September 6, 2021, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards issued an amendment to his previous emergency proclamation regarding…
Landlords sue feds over eviction moratorium, cite takings clause The National Apartment Association sued the federal government…
Gordon James has been named this year’s “Distinguished Attorney” by the Louisiana Bar Foundation. Each year the Louisiana Bar…
Consumer credit and collections continues to be in a pandemic induced state of limbo as evident from the continued decline in…
Gordon James was honored as the 2002 Distinguished Attorney award winner by the Louisiana Bar Foundation at its annual gala in…
Louisiana is one of the few community property states in the U.S. You might be asking yourself, what does that mean to me?…
On March 11, 2020, Governor John B. Edwards declared a statewide public health care emergency, pursuant to the Louisiana Health…
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