Cap. 16 Art. 1799When donee cannot demand execution of donation.

(1) As regards the donations referred to in articles 1794 and 1796, the donee cannot, during the life of the donor, demand that the donation be carried into execution with regard to any part of the property included therein.

(2) By any such donation, the ownership of the property shall not vest in the donee except at the death of the donor.

(3) Nevertheless, where the donation was made in terms of article 1796 and, at the death of the donor, the donee wishes to avail himself of the power, granted to him in that article, to retain for himself the property existing at the time of the donation subject to the obligation of discharging only the debts and burdens existing at that time, the donee shall be entitled to demand the dissolution of any alienation, even if made under an onerous title, which the donor may have made of immovables included in that property, and of any hypothec or other burden with which the donor himself may have charged such immovables, provided the donation was registered in accordance with the provisions of article 996.