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Article 515-5-1 of the French Civil Code

The partners may, in the initial agreement or in an amending agreement, choose to make the property they acquire, together or separately, subject to the joint ownership regime as from the registration of these agreements. Such property is then deemed to be jointly owned by half, with no recourse by either partner against the other on the grounds of unequal contribution.

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Article 515-5-2 of the French Civil Code

However, the exclusive property of each partner remains: 1° Money received by each of the partners, in any capacity whatsoever, subsequent to the conclusion of the pact and not used to acquire property; 2° Property created and its accessories ; 3° Property of a personal nature; 4° Property or portions of property acquired with money belonging to a partner prior to the registration of the initial or amending agreement under…

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Article 515-5-3 of the French Civil Code

In the absence of provisions to the contrary in the agreement, each partner is manager of the undivided property and may exercise the powers recognised by articles 1873-6 to 1873-8. For the administration of undivided property, the partners may enter into an agreement relating to the exercise of their undivided rights under the conditions set out in articles 1873-1 to 1873-15. On pain of being unenforceable, this agreement is, on…

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Article 515-6 of the French Civil Code

The provisions of articles 831,831-2, 832-3 and 832-4 are applicable between partners in a civil solidarity pact in the event of its dissolution. The provisions of the first paragraph of Article 831-3 are applicable to the surviving partner where the deceased has expressly so provided by will. Where the civil solidarity pact is terminated by the death of one of the partners, the survivor may avail himself of the provisions…

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Article 515-7 of the French Civil Code

The civil solidarity pact is dissolved by the death of one of the partners or by the marriage of the partners or one of them. In this case, dissolution takes effect on the date of the event. The civil registrar of the place of registration of the civil solidarity pact or the instrumental notary who registered the pact, informed of the marriage or death by the competent civil registrar, registers…

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Article 515-7-1 of the French Civil Code

The conditions of formation and the effects of a registered partnership as well as the causes and effects of its dissolution are subject to the substantive provisions of the State of the authority which registered it.

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Article 515-9 of the French Civil Code

When violence committed within a couple, including where there is no cohabitation, or by a former spouse, a former partner linked by a civil solidarity pact or a former cohabitee, including where there has never been cohabitation, endangers the person who is the victim, one or more children, the family affairs judge may issue the latter with a protection order as a matter of urgency.

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Article 515-10 of the French Civil Code

The protection order is issued by the judge, on application by the person in danger, assisted if necessary, or, with the latter’s agreement, by the public prosecutor. Its issue is not conditional on the existence of a prior criminal complaint. As soon as the application for a protection order is received, the judge summons, by any suitable means, for a hearing, the applicant and the defendant, assisted, if necessary, by…

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Article 515-11 of the French Civil Code

The protection order is issued by the family affairs judge, within a maximum of six days from the date set for the hearing, if he or she considers, on the basis of the evidence presented before him or her and discussed in the presence of both parties, that there are serious grounds for considering it likely that the alleged acts of violence have been committed and that the victim or…

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