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Article 1437 of the French Civil Code

Whenever a sum is taken from the community, either to pay debts or charges personal to one of the spouses, such as the price or part of the price of property belonging to him or her or the redemption of land services, or for the recovery, conservation or improvement of his or her personal property, and generally whenever one of the two spouses has derived a personal profit from community property, he or she owes the reward.

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Article 1437

Toutes les fois qu’il est pris sur la communauté une somme, soit pour acquitter les dettes ou charges personnelles à l’un des époux, telles que le prix ou partie du prix d’un bien à lui propre ou le rachat des services fonciers, soit pour le recouvrement, la conservation ou l’amélioration de ses biens personnels, et généralement toutes les fois que l’un des deux époux a tiré un profit personnel des biens de la communauté, il en doit la récompense.

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