Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session effective on or before 7/1/2024, from Acts 2,3, 6-535, and 580-647
Section 870 - Modes of acquiring ownershipA. The ownership of things or property is acquired by succession either testate or intestate, by the effect of obligations, and by the operation of law.B. Testate and intestate succession rights, including the right to claim as a forced heir, are governed by the law in effect on the date of the decedent's death.Acts 1981, No. 919, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982; Acts 2001, No. 560, §1, eff. June 22, 2001.Acts 1981, No. 919, §1, eff. 1/1/1982; Acts 2001, No. 560, §1, eff. 6/22/2001.