La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 3396.12
Current with operative changes from the 2024 Third Special Legislative Session
If a successor dies before the filing of an application for independent administration and the share of the successor is transmitted to his estate, then the deceased successor's universal successors, or the succession representative if one has qualified as such, may sign the application for independent administration of the decedent's estate.
La. C.P. § 3396.12