La. Civ. Code art. 1352
Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session effective on or before 7/1/2024, from Acts 1-3, 6-671
If the partition is to be made between children or descendants inheriting from their father, mother or other ascendant, and a collation is to be made, the officer shall cause the decree of the judge to be exhibited to him, by which it is decided whether the collation is to be made in kind, or by taking less.
La. C.C. § 1352