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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Administration of community and private property.

Article 1426

…will, or if his or her management of the community attests to incapacity or fraud, the other spouse may apply to the courts to be substituted for him or her in the exercise of his or her powers. The p…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Causes of dissolution and separation as to property.

Article 1443

…ars that the maintenance of the community jeopardises the interests of the other spouse, the latter may pursue the separation of property in court. Any voluntary separation is null and void.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Cadastral changes and changes affecting the tax debtor

Article 1403

…has not been made, the former owner continues to be taxed on the roll, and he or his natural heirs may be compelled to pay the property tax, except for their recourse against the new owner.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Community liabilities

Article 1418

Where a debt has entered the community on the part of only one of the spouses, it may not be pursued against the other's own property. If there is joint and several liability, the debt is deemed to ha…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Provisions common to property tax and council tax

Article 1416

…ayers omitted or insufficiently taxed on the initial roll are entered on a supplementary roll which may be levied no later than 31 December of the year following the year of taxation.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Arbitration proceedings

Article 1463

…bunal's mission is limited to six months from its referral. The statutory or contractual time limit may be extended by agreement of the parties or, failing that, by the supporting judge.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Administration of community and private property.

Article 1432

…r his management as a mandatary. He is, however, accountable only for existing fruits; for those he may have neglected to collect or consumed fraudulently, he may be sought only within the limit of th…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: The order for payment.

Article 1413

…be lodged, the court before which it must be brought as well as the methods by which this recourse may be exercised;- warns the debtor that in the absence of opposition within the time limit indicate…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Community liabilities

Article 1413

The payment of debts for which each spouse is liable, for whatever reason, during the community, may always be pursued out of the community property, unless there has been fraud on the part of the deb…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Obligations and contributions to liabilities after dissolution.

Article 1486

A spouse who may avail himself of the benefit of article 1483, second paragraph, does not contribute more than his emolument to the debts which entered the community under the head of the other spouse…

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