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If the decedent has only one forced heir, that heir will be entitled to 25 percent of the estate. Everything else will pass to the disposable portion. If the decedent has more than one forced heir, the forced heirs will receive half of the estate and the disposable portion will receive the other half.
A forced heir in Louisiana is defined as a child who is under the age of 24 or any child with physical or mental disabilities who lacks the ability to care for themselves. In certain circumstances, a grandchild may be considered a forced heir. This occurs if the parent of the child died prior to the grandparent.
However, if the child does qualify as a forced heir, a parent may only disinherit them for a reason allowed explicitly in the Louisiana statute. These reasons include that the child: Raised a hand to strike the parent, or struck the parent (a verbal threat of violence, however, is insufficient)
Forced Heirship Rules in Louisiana If there is one forced heir, that heir receives 25% of the estate. If there are two forced heirs, 50% of the estate is split between the forced heirs. If there are more than two forced heirs, 50% of the estate would be split among the heirs.