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Article 1498 of the French Civil Code

Where the spouses agree that there shall be community of movables and acquests between them, the common assets shall include, in addition to the property which would form part of them under the regime of legal community, the movable property of which the spouses had ownership or possession on the day of the marriage or which has fallen to them since then by succession or gift, unless the donor or…

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Article 1499 of the French Civil Code

Under this regime, in addition to the debts that would form part of it under the legal regime, a fraction of the debts of which the spouses were already burdened when they married, or of which they are burdened by successions and gifts that fall to them during the marriage, are included in the joint liabilities. The fraction of liabilities that the community must bear is proportional to the fraction…

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Article 1501 of the French Civil Code

Creditors may not be prejudiced by the distribution of pre-marital liabilities or liabilities arising from successions and gifts. They retain, in all cases, the right to seize the assets that previously formed their pledge. They may even pursue payment against the whole of the community where their debtor’s furniture has been merged into the joint estate and can no longer be identified in accordance with the rules of Article 1402.

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