The transfers and relinquishments provided for in this paragraph shall, irrespective of the manner in which they are made, be considered as participating in the matrimonial property regime. They shall not be treated as gifts.
If the premises used as the family home belong to one of the spouses personally or in his or her own right, the judge may grant the lease to the spouse who exercises parental authority alone or jointly over one or more of their children where the children habitually reside in the home and it is in their best interests to do so. The judge sets the term of the…
The consequences of divorce for children are governed by the provisions of Chapter I of Title IX of this book.
Legal separation may be pronounced or established in the same cases and under the same conditions as divorce.
A spouse against whom an application for divorce is made may make a counterclaim for legal separation. However, where the main application for divorce is based on the permanent alteration of the marriage bond, the counterclaim may only seek divorce. A spouse against whom an application for legal separation is made may lodge a counterclaim for divorce.
When an application for divorce and an application for legal separation are lodged concurrently, the judge first examines the application for divorce. He pronounces the latter as soon as the conditions are met. Failing this, he shall rule on the application for legal separation. However, where these applications are based on fault, the judge shall examine them simultaneously and, if he grants them, shall order a divorce with shared grounds…
En outre, les règles contenues aux articles 229-1 à 229-4 ainsi que au chapitre II ci-dessus sont applicables à la procédure de la séparation de corps.
Legal separation does not dissolve the marriage but puts an end to the duty to cohabit.
Each of the separated spouses retains the use of the other’s name. However, the legal separation agreement by private deed countersigned by lawyers filed with a notary, the legal separation judgment or a subsequent judgment may, taking into account the respective interests of the spouses, prohibit them from doing so.
In the event of the death of one of the legally separated spouses, the other spouse retains the rights granted by law to the surviving spouse. In the event of legal separation by mutual consent, the spouses may include in their agreement a waiver of the inheritance rights conferred on them by the articles 756 to 757-3 and 764 à 766.
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