CHAPTER 3. EFFECTS OF DIVORCE
Art. 159. Effect of divorce on community property regime
A judgment of divorce terminates a community property regime retroactively to the
date of filing of the petition in the action in which the judgment of divorce is rendered. The
retroactive termination of the community shall be without prejudice to rights of third persons
validly acquired in the interim between the filing of the petition and recordation of the
judgment.
Amended by Acts 1977, No. 483, §2; Acts 1979, No. 711, §1; Acts 1990, No. 1009,
§2, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; Acts 2025, No. 488, §1.