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In Louisiana, any assets that you will acquire during the subsistence of marriage is considered community property unless otherwise classified as separate property. Under this system, both spouses are entitled to equal share(50-50) of the interest in all assets acquired during marriage.

Louisiana law recognizes your marriage partnership and classifies most property acquired during marriage as community property that belongs to both spouses. When one spouse dies, one-half of the community property immediately becomes the separate property of the surviving spouse.

Presumption of community. Things in the possession of a spouse during the existence of a regime of community of acquets and gains are presumed to be community, but either spouse may prove that they are separate property. Acts 1979, No. 709, §1.

Louisiana law presumes that any property spouses have during their marriage is community property, unless a spouse can prove otherwise.

Yes, which means that property owned during a marriage is presumed to be community property. Louisiana community property law calls for a 50/50 split of the net value of the marital estate in a divorce, with each spouse keeping their separate property.

With few exceptions, the court will first value all of a couple's community property and assets. Those assets are then divided so that each spouse receives one-half of all their community property. In some cases, the court may order that certain assets be sold and the proceeds be split equally between the two spouses.