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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Community assets

Article 1402

All property, whether movable or immovable, is deemed to be acquired by the community unless it is proved that it belongs to one of the spouses by application of a provision of the law. If the propert…

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

Article 1447

When the action for separation of property has been brought, the creditors may summon the spouses by lawyer-to-lawyer deed to communicate the application and supporting documents to them. They may eve…

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

Article 1472

In the event of insufficiency of the community, the levies of each spouse are proportional to the amount of the rewards due to him or her. However, if the insufficiency of the community is attributabl…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Community liabilities

Article 1413

The payment of debts for which each spouse is liable, for whatever reason, during the community, may always be pursued out of the community property, unless there has been fraud on the part of the deb…

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

Article 1424

The spouses may not, one without the other, alienate or encumber with real rights immovables, businesses and holdings belonging to the community, nor non-negotiable corporate rights and tangible movab…

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

Article 1426

…s to be substituted for him or her in the exercise of his or her powers. The provisions of articles 1445 to 1447 are applicable to this application. The spouse, thus empowered by justice, has the same…

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

Article 1428

Each spouse has administration and enjoyment of his or her own property and may dispose of it freely.

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

Article 1443

If, through one spouse's disorderly affairs, maladministration or misconduct, it appears that the maintenance of the community jeopardises the interests of the other spouse, the latter may pursue the…

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

Article 1476

The partition of the community, in all that concerns its forms, the maintenance of indivision and preferential allocation, the licitation of property, the effects of the partition, the guarantee and t…

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