Legal Question in Family Law in Louisiana

Yes. She is entilted to death and retirement benefits attributable to the years you were married. In other words, if you worked for thirty years and were married to her for ten of them, she is entitled to a spouse's share of 1/3. This applies to all of your retirement benefits too. It gets complicated, but that is it in a nutshell.

I recommend gathering your retirement and other benefit information and speaking to a lawyer and/or an accountant who handles retirement matters. Most divorce lawyers can also explain it to you, but it isn't something that you can hash out online. You need to sit down with them.

My best advice is to try to speak to your accountant first, as I assume you will be doing so in the very near future in preparing your taxes this year. He can probably point you to someone that can help you.