Title II: Liberalities

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…

The spouses may not give indirectly to each other beyond what is permitted by the above provisions.

When one spouse acquires property with money given to him or her by the other for this purpose, the gift is only of the money and not of the property for which it is used. In this case, the rights of the donor or his or her heirs are concerned only with a sum of money according to the current value of the property. If the property has been alienated,…