Paragraph 2: Change of matrimonial property regime by application of a foreign law

Where the marriage record is kept by a French authority, the change of matrimonial property regime obtained in application of the foreign law governing the effects of the union is mentioned in the margin of this record. In the absence of a marriage record kept by a French authority, this change of matrimonial property regime, if it has given rise to a decision of a French court or to a…

If this change has given rise to a decision by a French court, the mention in the margin of the marriage record or the entry in the annexed civil register is made in accordance with the second, third and fourth paragraphs of Article 1294. In other cases, the Public Prosecutor of the place where the marriage record or the annexed civil register is kept shall make this mention or entry,…

Where a marriage contract has been made in France, the spouses or one of them shall send to the notary holding the record of the contract, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, a copy or extract of the marriage certificate updated in accordance with Articles 1303-3 and 1303-4 or a certificate of registration in the annexed civil register referred to in article 4-1 du décret du 1er juin 1965…