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Article 1570 of the French Civil Code

The original patrimony includes the property that belonged to the spouse on the day of the marriage and that which he or she has acquired since by succession or gift, as well as all property which, under the regime of legal community, forms private property by nature without giving rise to a reward. No account is taken of the fruits of these assets, nor of those assets which would have had the character of fruits or which the spouse disposed of by gift inter vivos during the marriage.

The consistency of the original assets is proven by a descriptive statement, even a private document, drawn up in the presence of the other spouse and signed by him or her.

In the absence of a descriptive statement or if it is incomplete, proof of the consistency of the original patrimony may only be produced by the means of Article 1402.

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Article 1570

Le patrimoine originaire comprend les biens qui appartenaient à l’époux au jour du mariage et ceux qu’il a acquis depuis par succession ou libéralité, ainsi que tous les biens qui, dans le régime de la communauté légale, forment des propres par nature sans donner lieu à récompense. Il n’est pas tenu compte des fruits de ces biens, ni de ceux de ces biens qui auraient eu le caractère de fruits ou dont l’époux a disposé par donation entre vifs pendant le mariage.

La consistance du patrimoine originaire est prouvée par un état descriptif, même sous seing privé, établi en présence de l’autre conjoint et signé par lui.

A défaut d’état descriptif ou s’il est incomplet, la preuve de la consistance du patrimoine originaire ne peut être rapportée que par les moyens de l’article 1402.

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