Article 815-17 of the French Civil Code
Creditors who could have acted on the undivided property before there was indivision, and those whose claim arises from the conservation or management of the undivided property, shall be paid out of the assets before partition. They may also pursue the seizure and sale of the undivided property. The personal creditors of an undivided co-owner may not seize his share in the undivided property, movable or immovable. They may, however,…