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Article 1477 of the French Civil Code

Any spouse who has embezzled or concealed some of the community effects is deprived of his or her share in the said effects. Similarly, any spouse who has knowingly concealed the existence of a common debt must assume it definitively.

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Article 1478 of the French Civil Code

After the partition has been consummated, if either spouse is a personal creditor of the other, such as where the price of his or her property has been used to pay a personal debt of his or her spouse, or for any other reason, he or she exercises his or her claim against the share that has fallen to the latter in the community or against his or her personal…

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Article 1479 of the French Civil Code

Personal claims that the spouses have against each other do not give rise to a levy and bear interest only from the day of the summons. Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, they are assessed according to the rules of article 1469, third paragraph, in the cases provided for therein; interest then accrues from the date of liquidation.

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