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Article 1098 of the French Civil Code

If a spouse has made to his or her spouse, within the limits of article 1094-1, a gift in property, each of the children who are not descended from both spouses shall have, as far as he or she is concerned, unless the disposing spouse wishes otherwise and unequivocally, the option of substituting for the execution of this gift the relinquishment of the usufruct of the share of the estate that he or she would have received in the absence of a surviving spouse.

Those who have exercised this option may demand that the provisions of article 1094-3 be applied.

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Article 1098

Si un époux a fait à son conjoint, dans les limites de l’article 1094-1, une libéralité en propriété, chacun des enfants qui ne sont pas issus des deux époux aura, en ce qui le concerne, sauf volonté contraire et non équivoque du disposant, la faculté de substituer à l’exécution de cette libéralité l’abandon de l’usufruit de la part de succession qu’il eût recueillie en l’absence de conjoint survivant.

Ceux qui auront exercé cette faculté pourront exiger que soient appliquées les dispositions de l’article 1094-3.

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