La. Stat. tit. 9 § 2012
Current with operative changes from the 2024 Third Special Legislative Session
Until the time when the principal beneficiaries are determined, the persons who would be the principal beneficiaries had that time arrived shall be known as the provisional principal beneficiaries. Provisional principal beneficiaries shall be income beneficiaries in the absence of an effectively designated income beneficiary. A provisional principal beneficiary who is not an income beneficiary is not considered a beneficiary for any purposes under this Code.
La. R.S. § 9:2012