French Code of civil procedure
In forceThe divorce agreement is signed together, by the spouses and their lawyers meeting together for this purpose, in triplicate or, under the same conditions, by electronic signature.
Where applicable, the form signed and dated by each of the minor children, the liquidation statement of partition in the authenticated form and the authenticated deed of attribution of property subject to land registration shall be attached.
Each spouse keeps one original of the agreement accompanied, as appropriate, by its annexes and bearing the four signatures. The third original is intended for filing with a notary.
Where applicable, a fourth original is drawn up, under the same conditions, to enable the formality of registration.
An additional original shall be drawn up, under the same conditions, where the divorce agreement fixes a contribution to the maintenance and education of the child in the form of a maintenance allowance wholly or partly in cash and does not mention the refusal of both parents to set up financial intermediation for the payment of this allowance in accordance with 1° of II of Article 373-2-2 of the Civil Code. This additional original is intended to be sent to the bodies responsible for paying family benefits by the creditor parent's lawyer, along with the other information mentioned in article R. 582-4-1 of the Social Security Code, under the conditions set out in this article.
