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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Community of movables and acquests.

Article 1499

…this proportion, the consistency and value of the assets shall be proved in accordance with article 1402.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Administration of community and private property.

Article 1438

If the father and mother have jointly endowed the common child without expressing the portion to which they intended to contribute, they are deemed to have each endowed half, either if the dowry was p…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Causes of dissolution and separation as to property.

Article 1441

The community is dissolved: 1° by the death of one of the spouses; 2° by declared absence; 3° by divorce; 4° by legal separation; 5° by separation as to property; 6° by change of matrimonial regime.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Community assets

Article 1404

Forming private property by their nature, even if they were acquired during the marriage, are clothing and linen for the personal use of one of the spouses, actions for compensation for bodily or mora…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Administration of community and private property.

Article 1431

If, during the marriage, one spouse entrusts the other with the administration of his or her own property, the rules of the power of attorney apply. The mandating spouse is, however, exempt from rende…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Liquidation and partition of the community.

Article 1470

If, after balancing, the account shows a balance in favour of the community, the spouse reports the amount to the common estate. If it shows a balance in favour of the spouse, the spouse has the choic…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Obligations and contributions to liabilities after dissolution.

Article 1487

A spouse who has paid in excess of the portion for which he was liable by application of the preceding articles has recourse against the other spouse for the excess.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Community of movables and acquests.

Article 1498

…rwise. Those movable assets which would have formed own assets by their nature by virtue of Article 1404, under the legal regime, if they had been acquired during the community. If one of the spouses…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Administration of community and private property.

Article 1440

The guarantee of the dowry is due by any person who has constituted it; and its interest accrues from the day of the marriage, even though there is a term for payment, if there is no stipulation to th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Administration of community and private property.

Article 1439

The dowry constituted for the common child, in community property, is borne by the community. It must be borne half by each spouse, at the dissolution of the community, unless one of them, in constitu…

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