Art. 3396.8 Usufruct

When a will sets up a usufruct (the right to use property or get income from it, while someone else owns the property itself), both people involved may need to agree before certain administration decisions can be made. This applies when the will requires independent administration and calls for both parties to sign off, or when the usufruct exists automatically because of the law rather than the will itself.

In simple terms, this means the person who benefits from using the property (the usufructuary) and the person who actually owns it (the naked owner) both have to agree on how the estate is handled in these situations. Neither one can act alone. This rule protects both sides by making sure decisions about the property get made together, since one person has the right to use it and the other holds the title.