Levy v. Joseph’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. ““Under our Louisiana community property law, all property acquired during a marriage is presumed to be community, with certain limited exceptions such as property inherited by or donated to the wife or acquired by her with her separate funds. LSA-C.C. Arts. 2334, 2402, 2405. The burden of overcoming the presumption of the community nature of property acquired during the marriage rests upon the party asserting its separate and paraphernal nature; to satisfy this heavy burden, the proof must be strict, clear, positive, and legally certain that the property was acquired with separate and paraphernal funds. Monk v. Monk, 243 La. 429 , 144 So.2d 384 ; Prince v. Hopson, 230 La. 575 , 89 So.2d 128 , and jurisprudence there referred to.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Succession of Barr