This bill amends and reenacts several articles of the Louisiana Civil Code, focusing on the definitions and interpretations of legal terms, parental authority, and the rights of third parties. It introduces new articles that clarify the use of gender and number in legal language, stating that singular terms include the plural and vice versa, and that references to one gender apply to all genders unless specified otherwise. The bill also modifies existing language by replacing "third parties" with "third persons" for consistency. Key changes include clarifying that parental authority continues during marriage unless altered by a custody judgment and establishing that a parent who has abandoned their child for at least twelve months is deemed not to have survived the child in wrongful death actions.

Additionally, the bill revises definitions within the Civil Code, introducing a new definition of "juridical act" as a manifestation of will intended to produce legal consequences, and updating the term "successor" to distinguish between universal and particular successors. The definition of "third person" is expanded to include individuals not party to legal relationships, with exclusions for universal successors. The bill also addresses multistate cases, specifying that they are governed by the law selected according to new guidelines, and clarifies the governing law for real rights in corporeal movables. It repeals Article 3343, which defined "third person," as its content is now included in the updated Article 3506. Overall, the bill aims to modernize and clarify the language of the Civil Code while maintaining the underlying legal principles.