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Timestamp: 2019-04-26 00:44:41+00:00

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Art. 570. The usufructuary shall cause an inventory to be made of the property subject to the usufruct. In the absence of an inventory the naked owner may prevent the usufructuary's entry into possession of the property.
Art. 572. The security shall be in the amount of the total value of the property subject to the usufruct.
(1) A person has a legal usufruct under Civil Code Article 223 or 3252.
(2) A surviving spouse has a legal usufruct under Civil Code Article 890 unless the naked owner is not a child of the usufructuary or if the naked owner is a child of the usufructuary and is also a forced heir of the decedent, the naked owner may obtain security but only to the extent of his legitime.
(3) A parent has a legal usufruct under Civil Code Article 891 unless the naked owner is not a child of the usufructuary.
(4) A surviving spouse has a legal usufruct under Civil Code Article 2434 unless the naked owner is a child of the decedent but not a child of the usufructuary.
Art. 577. The usufructuary is responsible for ordinary maintenance and repairs for keeping the property subject to the usufruct in good order, whether the need for these repairs arises from accident or force majeure, the normal use of things, or his fault or neglect.
Art. 579. During the existence of the usufruct, the naked owner may compel the usufructuary to make the repairs for which the usufructuary is responsible.
Art. 582. The usufructuary may release himself from the obligation to make repairs by abandoning the usufruct or, with the approval of the court, a portion thereof, even if the owner has instituted suit to compel him to make repairs or bear the expenses of them, and even if the usufructuary has been cast in judgment.
Art. 583. Neither the usufructuary nor the naked owner is bound to restore property that has been totally destroyed through accident, force majeure, or age.
Art. 600. The usufructuary may dispose of individual animals of the herd, subject to the obligation to deliver to the naked owner at the end of the usufruct the value that the animals had at the time of disposition.

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Art. 577

Art. 579

Art. 582

Art. 583

Art. 600