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Independent Administration of Estates

The Louisiana Legislature passed a statute which became effective on August 15, 2001 dealing with the “Independent Administration” of Louisiana successions. The statute allows the executor or administrator of an estate to handle all of the matters of the succession without the necessity of obtaining court authority. This eliminates the necessity of running advertisements in …

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