La. Stat. tit. 9 § 1202
Current with operative changes from the 2024 Third Special Legislative Session
If security is owed to the naked owner by the usufructuary who is the surviving spouse, the court may order the execution of notes, mortgages, or other documents as it deems necessary, or may impose a mortgage or lien on either community or separate property, movable or immovable, as security.
La. R.S. § 9:1202