Article 1569 of the French Civil Code

When the spouses have declared that they are married under the regime of participation aux acquêts, each of them retains the administration, enjoyment and free disposal of his or her personal property, without distinguishing between that which belonged to him or her on the day of the marriage or has since come to him or her by succession or bequest and that which he or she acquired for valuable consideration during the marriage. For the duration of the marriage, this regime operates as if the spouses were married under the regime of separation as to property. When the regime is dissolved, each of the spouses is entitled to share equally in the value of the net acquests established in the other’s assets, and measured by the double valuation of the original assets and the final assets. The right to share in the acquests is non-transferable until the matrimonial property regime is dissolved. If dissolution occurs by the death of one spouse, his or her heirs have the same rights to the net acquests made by the other as their author.

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Article 1569

Quand les époux ont déclaré se marier sous le régime de la participation aux acquêts, chacun d’eux conserve l’administration, la jouissance et la libre disposition de ses biens personnels, sans distinguer entre ceux qui lui appartenaient au jour du mariage ou lui sont advenus depuis par succession ou libéralité et ceux qu’il a acquis pendant le mariage à titre onéreux. Pendant la durée du mariage, ce régime fonctionne comme si les époux étaient mariés sous le régime de la séparation de biens. A la dissolution du régime, chacun des époux a le droit de participer pour moitié en valeur aux acquêts nets constatés dans le patrimoine de l’autre, et mesurés par la double estimation du patrimoine originaire et du patrimoine final. Le droit de participer aux acquêts est incessible tant que le régime matrimonial n’est pas dissous. Si la dissolution survient par la mort d’un époux, ses héritiers ont, sur les acquêts nets faits par l’autre, les mêmes droits que leur auteur.