Retroactive effects of acceptance and renunciation

La. Civ. Code art. 954

La. Civ. Code art. 954

Art. 954. Retroactive effects of acceptance and renunciation To the extent that he accepts rights to succeed, a successor is considered as having succeeded to those rights at the moment of death of the decedent. To the extent that a successor renounces rights to succeed, he is considered never to have had them. Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.