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Article 1574 of the French Civil Code

Existing assets are valued according to their condition at the time of the dissolution of the matrimonial property regime and according to their value on the day of its liquidation. Assets that have been alienated by gifts inter vivos, or in fraud of the spouse’s rights, are estimated according to their condition on the day of alienation and the value they would have had, had they been retained, on the day of the liquidation.

From the assets thus reconstituted, all debts that have not yet been paid are deducted, including any sums that may be owed to the spouse.

The value, on the day of alienation, of improvements which had been made during the marriage to original property given by a spouse without the consent of his or her spouse before the dissolution of the matrimonial property regime must be added to the final assets.

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Article 1574

Les biens existants sont estimés d’après leur état à l’époque de la dissolution du régime matrimonial et d’après leur valeur au jour de la liquidation de celui-ci. Les biens qui ont été aliénés par donations entre vifs, ou en fraude des droits du conjoint, sont estimés d’après leur état au jour de l’aliénation et la valeur qu’ils auraient eue, s’ils avaient été conservés, au jour de la liquidation.

De l’actif ainsi reconstitué, on déduit toutes les dettes qui n’ont pas encore été acquittées, y compris les sommes qui pourraient être dues au conjoint.

La valeur, au jour de l’aliénation, des améliorations qui avaient été apportées pendant le mariage à des biens originaires donnés par un époux sans le consentement de son conjoint avant la dissolution du régime matrimonial doit être ajoutée au patrimoine final.

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