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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 1: Conciliation delegated to a judicial conciliator

Article 824

The request for approval of the statement of agreement made by the parties is sent to the judge by the conciliator. A copy of the report is attached.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Renunciation of the succession.

Article 807

As long as prescription of the right to accept has not been acquired against him, the heir may revoke his renunciation by accepting the succession purely and simply, if it has not already been accepte…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Shares and lots.

Article 826

Equality in partition is equality in value. Each co-divider receives property for a value equal to that of his rights in the undivided property. If lots are drawn, as many lots as are necessary are fo…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Judicial partition.

Article 841

The court of the place where the succession was opened has exclusive jurisdiction to hear actions for partition and disputes that arise either when the indivision is maintained or during the partition…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Reporting of gifts.

Article 852

The costs of food, maintenance, education, apprenticeship, ordinary equipment costs, wedding expenses and gifts of use must not be brought in, unless the disposing party wishes otherwise. The characte…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Other debts

Article 872

Where immovables of an estate are encumbered by annuities by special mortgage, each of the co-heirs may demand that the annuities be repaid and the immovables made free before the lots are formed. If…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Actions to supplement shares

Article 891

An action to supplement a share is not permitted against a sale of undivided rights made without fraud to an undivided co-owner by his co-owners or by one of them, where the transfer involves a contin…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Effects of acceptance of the succession up to the amount of the net assets.

Article 802

…ey retain exclusive rights of pursuit over the assets mentioned in the first paragraph of Article 798.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Legal regime of joint ownership.

Article 815

No one may be compelled to remain in indivision and partition may always be brought about, unless it has been stayed by judgment or agreement.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Applications for partition.

Article 817

A person who is undivided as to enjoyment may request the division of the undivided usufruct by way of segregation on a property or, if this is not possible, by way of licitation of the usufruct. Wher…

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