Succession of Pasternack

FORET, Judge.

This is a suit for partition of immovable property by licitation. The parties and facts involved are the same as in Pasternack v. Samuels, 415 So.2d 211 (La.1982). Since the 1982 decision by the Louisiana Supreme Court, the Louisiana Legislature amended La.C.C. Art. 543. Plaintiff now says that the amendment of Art. 543 by Act 535 of 1983 had the effect of overruling Pasternack.

So, the issue in this case is whether the 1983 revision of C.C. Art. 543 was curative, remedial, or procedual in nature, such as to render it applicable to cases and/or property rights arising before the…