Absent or mentally incompetent managing spouse
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 743
in effect743. Absent or mentally incompetent managing spouse
If the managing spouse with respect to the obligation sought to be enforced against community property is an absentee or a mental incompetent, then the other spouse is the proper defendant in a suit to enforce that obligation.
Added by Acts 1979, No. 711, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 1980.
Source: Louisiana State Legislature (legis.la.gov)URL: https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=112247Fetched: 10/20/2026
