Alliance
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Updated on Wednesday 20 March 2019
Marriage, Pacs, cohabitation: benefits and drawbacks
Today, couples have the choice between several unions: marriage, cohabitation and the Pacs. Each status has its own characteristics, to study carefully before embarking on a life of two.
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Updated on Tuesday 16 June 2026
Marriage contract : choose their matrimonial regime
A system of separation of property, a universal community, a system of joint ownership reduced to the property acquired after the marriage: the marriage contract makes it possible to prepare, together, one's matrimonial regime.
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Updated on Monday 11 May 2026
It’s easy to change a matrimonial regime!
The matrimonial regime is the set of legal rules applied to the heritage of the spouses. Are you already married? It’s possible to change your matrimonial regime, at any given time!
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Updated on Friday 3 April 2026
Civil Union (Solidarity civil pact - PACS)
French civil partnership (PACS) is a contract, which provides unmarried couples the opportunity to organize their life together, with some social and tax advantages to boot.
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Updated on Wednesday 8 March 2023
Cohabitation or Common law marriage
Cohabitation does not give any obligation to cohabiting partners, does not provide automatic protection of one another, or any solidarity for the expenses of everyday living.
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Divorce
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Updated on Thursday 18 June 2026
What procedure in case of a divorce in France?
In France, several divorce procedures exist divorce through mutual consent, accepted divorce, definitive alteration of conjugal relationship, divorce for cause…
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Updated on Wednesday 10 June 2026
Divorce and distribution of property in France
Amicable or legal divorce leads to the settling of the matrimonial regime and sharing the property of the couple who is going to separate. The notary helps you settle the pecuniary and property interests of the spouses.
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Updated on Wednesday 28 May 2025
Sell or buy a property during a divorce procedure
Often, upon separation, without waiting for the final divorce to be pronounced, you have to resettle. Renting or an accommodation through family or friends is one solution. But in some cases, a sale and/or a purchase is considered.
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Updated on Friday 25 April 2025
Divorce: what happens to the debts and the loans undertaken during the marriage ?
Although divorced, each ex-spouse is required to settle all or part of the debts of the couple or their ex-spouse. Concretely, what is the fate of debts and credits contracted during the marriage?
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Updated on Friday 12 December 2025
Taxes: how to declare income during the divorce year?
The marital status of each taxpayer is assessed on December 31 of the taxation year. During the year of a divorce, each person must complete a single declaration which includes their personal income for the entire year and the proportion of common income, accruing to the latter.
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Updated on Friday 2 May 2025
What are the consequences of divorce for the children?
Divorce does not impact the rights and duties of parents with their children. Father and mother continue to exercise parental authority mutually.
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Updated on Friday 25 April 2025
Divorce: fate of donations and other advantages from spouses
Donations between spouses (donation to the last living), manual gifts of money or changes to the matrimonial regime: what becomes of the advantages that the spouses have agreed to?
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Protect a vulnerable loved one
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Updated on Tuesday 9 July 2024
Future protection mandates
The lasting power of attorney allows any person to organize his future dependency through a tailor-made legal protection, without losing his rights and his legal capacity.
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Updated on Monday 9 September 2024
Guardianship : definition
Guardianship is one of the three protection measures for adults, with curatorship and court protection. It is more restrictive than curatorship.
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Updated on Friday 13 September 2024
Curatorship: definition
Curatorship is one of the legal protection systems for vulnerable people, through the supervision and protection of the court. Curatorship is a legal measure which intends to protect an adult who needs to be assisted during certain actions in life.
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Updated on Tuesday 28 May 2024
Guardianship, curatorship or protection of the court: the differences
The biggest difference between the protection of the court, curatorship and guardianship these measures is the degree of hardship applied to the actions of the protected person.
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Adoption
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Updated on Thursday 12 February 2026
Conditions for adoption in France
Adoption creates a genuine parent-child relationship between the adopter and the adoptee. However, this relationship will only exist if the adopter expressly asks for it and if it is made official by an order from the regional court.
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Updated on Monday 16 February 2026
Simple adoption
Simple adoption creates a new kinship bond between the adopter and the adoptee but however doesn’t remove the kinship ties which exist between the adoptee and his biological family.
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Updated on Monday 10 November 2025
Full adoption conditions and procedures
Full adoption creates a new bond of kinship between the adopter and the adoptee and cuts off all ties with the adoptee's original family (unlike simple adoption).
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A question ? Need help ?
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Yes. It is possible to draw up a "future protection" mandate before a notary, in which you appoint a trustworthy person to look after your child's interests. You must be materially and emotionally responsible for your child at the time the mandate is signed, and the child must be unable…
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Yes, but…In the context of a simple adoption, the adopted child inherits from his family of origin and also from his adoptive family (Articles 364 and 368 of the Civil Code). If your brother were to predecease your mother, his adopted children would represent their father in his mother's estate…
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No. Unlike partitions following legal separation, divorce or the dissolution of a civil partnership (PACS), cohabitation does not benefit from the preferential partition duty of 1.10% on the net assets divided. The applicable rate between cohabitants is 2.50%, or even 5.80% where balancing payments are made (Arts. 746 and 747…
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Yes, in exceptional cases, posthumous marriage may be authorized by the President of the Republic under article 171 of the French Civil Code. Two conditions must be met: it must be proven that the deceased really wished to marry, based on a sufficient number of facts (his or her behavior…
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Yes. Article 642 of the General Tax Code provides that when the deceased has passed away outside the department of Martinique where they were domiciled, the heirs have a one-year period to file the inheritance declaration with the tax authorities (as an exception to the six-month period).