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Article 1082 of the French Civil Code

The father and mother, other ascendants, collateral relatives of the spouses, and even strangers, may, by marriage contract, dispose of all or part of the property which they leave on the day of their death, both for the benefit of the said spouses, and for the benefit of the unborn children of their marriage, in the event that the donor survives the donee spouse.

Such a gift, although made for the benefit only of the spouses or of one of them, shall always, in the said case of the survival of the donor, be presumed to be made for the benefit of the children and descendants to be born of the marriage.

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Article 1082

Les père et mère, les autres ascendants, les parents collatéraux des époux, et même les étrangers, pourront, par contrat de mariage, disposer de tout ou partie des biens qu’ils laisseront au jour de leur décès, tant au profit desdits époux, qu’au profit des enfants à naître de leur mariage, dans le cas où le donateur survivrait à l’époux donataire.

Pareille donation, quoique faite au profit seulement des époux ou de l’un d’eux, sera toujours, dans ledit cas de survie du donateur, présumée faite au profit des enfants et descendants à naître du mariage.

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