A.  Prior to the qualification of a succession representative, a successor may exercise rights of ownership with respect to his interests in a thing of the estate as well as his interest in the estate as a whole.

B.  If a successor exercises his rights of ownership after the qualification of a succession representative, the effect of that exercise is subordinate to the administration of the estate.

Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 2001, No. 556, §1, eff. June 22, 2001.