Paragraph 2: Consequences specific to divorces other than by mutual consent.

Without prejudice to the application of article 270, damages may be awarded to a spouse to compensate for the particularly serious consequences he or she suffers as a result of the dissolution of the marriage either where he or she was a defendant to a divorce granted on the grounds of definitive alteration of the marital bond and had not himself or herself filed for divorce, or where the divorce…

Failing a conventional settlement by the spouses, the judge shall rule on their applications to remain in joint ownership, for preferential allotment and for an advance on a share of the community or undivided property. He shall rule on applications for the liquidation and division of property interests, under the conditions laid down in Articles 1361 to 1378 of the Code of Civil Procedure, if it is justified by any…

During the proceedings, the spouses may submit to the judge for approval agreements settling all or part of the consequences of the divorce. The judge, after checking that the interests of each of the spouses and of the children are preserved, approves the agreements by pronouncing the divorce.