When a testamentary trust designates as principal beneficiary a person who is a descendant, a sibling, or a descendant of a sibling of the settlor, and that person does not survive the settlor, the descendants by roots of that person will be principal beneficiaries in his place, unless the trust instrument provides otherwise.
La. R.S. 9:1809
Representation upon predecease of named principal beneficiary
Acts 2003, No. 480, §1.
Official source: Louisiana State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Louisiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.