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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Decisions ordering investigative measures.

Article 153

The decision ordering an investigative measure does not relieve the judge of jurisdiction. The decision indicates the date on which the case will be recalled for further examination.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Decisions ordering investigative measures.

Article 152

A decision which, in the course of proceedings, merely orders or modifies an investigative measure shall not be notified. The same applies to a decision that refuses to order or modify the measure. Th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 5 : Stipulation of unequal shares.

Article 1520

The spouses may derogate from the equal division established by law.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 5 : Stipulation of unequal shares.

Article 1525

The stipulation of unequal shares and the full allocation clause are not deemed to be donations, either in substance or in form, but simply marriage agreements and agreements between partners. Unless…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 5 : Stipulation of unequal shares.

Article 1524

…he debts, as regards the usufruct, according to the rules of article 612. The provisions of article 1518 are applicable to these clauses when the community is dissolved during the lifetime of both spo…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 5 : Stipulation of unequal shares.

Article 1521

Where it has been stipulated that the spouse or his or her heirs will only have a certain share in the community, such as one-third or one-quarter, the spouse thus reduced or his or her heirs only bea…

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

Article 1500

The debts for which the community is liable in consideration of the property it receives are definitively its responsibility.

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

Article 1501

Creditors may not be prejudiced by the distribution of pre-marital liabilities or liabilities arising from successions and gifts. They retain, in all cases, the right to seize the assets that previous…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2nd Subsection: Overall income

Article 157

…8 of the Insurance Code, in IV of article L. 221-19 du code de la mutualité or IV of article L. 931-15-1 of the Social Security Code, or made in bonds redeemable in shares when these bonds are not adm…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Withdrawal clause in return for compensation.

Article 1512

The marriage contract may set valuation bases and terms for payment of any balance. Taking these clauses into account and failing agreement between the parties, the value of the property will be set b…

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