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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Joint ownership of acquests.

Article 1579

If the application of the valuation rules set out in articles 1571 and 1574 above should lead to a result manifestly contrary to equity, the court may derogate from it at the request of one of the spo…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Joint ownership of acquests.

Article 1581

…1388 and 1389. In particular, they may agree to an unequal sharing clause, or stipulate that the survivor of them, or one of them if he or she survives, will be entitled to all the net acquests made b…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Separation as to property.

Article 1537

The spouses shall contribute to the expenses of the marriage in accordance with the agreements contained in their contract; and, if there are none in this respect, in the proportion determined in Arti…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Separation as to property.

Article 1538

Both in relation to his or her spouse and to third parties, a spouse may prove by any means that he or she has exclusive ownership of property. Presumptions of ownership set out in the marriage contra…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Separation as to property.

Article 1543

The rules of article 1479 apply to claims that either spouse may have against the other.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Joint ownership of acquests.

Article 1570

…by succession or gift, as well as all property which, under the regime of legal community, forms private property by nature without giving rise to a reward. No account is taken of the fruits of these…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Separation as to property.

Article 1540

When one of the spouses takes over the management of the other's property, with the latter's knowledge, and nevertheless without opposition on his part, he is deemed to have received a tacit mandate,…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Joint ownership of acquests.

Article 1573

…ed with property not included in the original patrimony and disposed of by the spouse by gift inter vivos without the spouse's consent, as well as property fraudulently alienated by the spouse. Dispos…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Separation as to property.

Article 1536

Where the spouses have stipulated in their marriage contract that they will be separated as to property, each of them retains the administration, enjoyment and free disposal of his or her personal pro…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Joint ownership of acquests.

Article 1574

Existing assets are valued according to their condition at the time of the dissolution of the matrimonial property regime and according to their value on the day of its liquidation. Assets that have b…

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