French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Respective rights and duties of spouses
Article 212
The spouses owe each other mutual respect, fidelity, help, assistance.
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The spouses owe each other mutual respect, fidelity, help, assistance.
Alimony shall be granted only in proportion to the need of the person claiming it, and the wealth of the person owing it. The judge may, even of his own motion, and according to the circumstances of t…
If the matrimonial agreements do not regulate the contribution of the spouses to the expenses of the marriage, they contribute in proportion to their respective faculties. If one of the spouses does n…
If the public official has died when the fraud is discovered, the civil action will be brought against his heirs, by the public prosecutor, in the presence of the interested parties, and on their denu…
It also produces its effects with regard to the children, even if neither spouse had acted in good faith. The judge rules on the terms and conditions of the exercise of parental authority as in divorc…
The obligations resulting from these provisions are reciprocal.Nonetheless, when the creditor has himself committed a serious breach of his obligations towards the debtor, the judge may discharge the…
The family affairs judge will also rule on whether the father or mother who offers to receive, feed and maintain in his or her home, the child to whom he or she owes maintenance, should in this case b…
The spouses together ensure the moral and material direction of the family. They provide for the education of the children and prepare for their future.
If the person who must provide maintenance justifies that he cannot pay the maintenance, the family affairs judge may, with full knowledge of the facts, order that he receive in his home, feed and mai…
When either the provider or the recipient of food is returned to such a state, that one can no longer provide it, or the other no longer needs it in whole or in part, discharge or reduction may be req…
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