Article 786 of the French General Tax Code
For the levying of transfer duties free of charge, no account shall be taken of the family relationship resulting from simple adoption. This provision does not apply to transfers falling within the scope of the first paragraph of Article 368-1 of the Civil Code, as well as to those made in favour of : 1° Children from a first marriage of the adopter’s spouse; 2° Wards of the State, the…