Paragraph 2: Divorce by judicial mutual consent

In the case provided for in 1° of article 229-2, divorce may be requested jointly by the spouses where they agree on the breakdown of the marriage and its effects by submitting for the judge’s approval an agreement settling the consequences of the divorce.

The judge homologates the agreement and pronounces the divorce if he is convinced that the will of each of the spouses is real and that their consent is free and informed. He may refuse homologation and not pronounce the divorce if he finds that the agreement insufficiently safeguards the interests of the children or of one of the spouses.