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.
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…
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…
Each spouse has full legal capacity; but his or her rights and powers may be limited by the effect of the matrimonial property regime and the provisions of this Chapter.
A spouse may be authorised by a court to perform alone an act for which the assistance or consent of his or her spouse would be necessary, if the latter is unable to express his or her will or if his…
If one of the spouses is unable to express his or her will, the other may be empowered by the court to represent him or her, generally or for certain specific acts, in the exercise of the powers resul…
One spouse may give a mandate to the other to represent him or her in the exercise of the powers conferred on him or her by the matrimonial property regime. In all cases, they may freely revoke this m…
…n they are acting in the exercise of the powers set out in the penultimate paragraph of Article L. 521-1 du code de la sécurité intérieure. Their mission is: To assist, in the performance of their dut…
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