Article 1516 of the French Civil Code
November 7, 2023
The preciput is not regarded as a gift, either in substance or in form, but as a marriage agreement and between partners.
The preciput is not regarded as a gift, either in substance or in form, but as a marriage agreement and between partners.
When the community is dissolved during the lifetime of the spouses, there is no need to issue the precipitate; but the spouse in whose favour it has been stipulated retains his rights for the event of survival, subject to Article 265. He may require a surety from his spouse as security for his rights.
Community creditors always have the right to have the effects included in the preciput sold, except for the spouse’s recourse to the remainder of the community.
The spouses may derogate from the equal division established by law.
Where it has been stipulated that the spouse or his or her heirs will only have a certain share in the community, such as one-third or one-quarter, the spouse thus reduced or his or her heirs only bear the community debts in proportion to the share they take in the assets. The agreement is void if it obliges the spouse so reduced or his heirs to bear a greater share,…
The attribution of the entire community can only be agreed for the event of survival, either in favour of a designated spouse or in favour of whoever survives. The spouse who retains the entire community in this way is obliged to pay all its debts. It may also be agreed, in the event of survival, that one of the spouses will have, in addition to his or her half, the…
The stipulation of unequal shares and the full allocation clause are not deemed to be donations, either in substance or in form, but simply marriage agreements and agreements between partners. Unless otherwise stipulated, they do not prevent the heirs of the predeceased spouse from taking over the contributions and capital that fell into the community as a result of their author.
The spouses may establish by their marriage contract a universal community of their property, both movable and immovable, present and future. However, unless otherwise stipulated, the property that article 1404 declares to be proper by its nature does not fall within this community. The universal community definitively bears all the debts of the spouses, present and future.
The advantages that either spouse may derive from the clauses of a community agreement, as well as those that may result from the commingling of movables or debts, are not regarded as gifts. However, if there are children who are not children of both spouses, any agreement that would result in one of the spouses receiving more than the portion regulated by Article 1094-1, under the heading “Gifts inter vivos…
Where the spouses have stipulated in their marriage contract that they will be separated as to property, each of them retains the administration, enjoyment and free disposal of his or her personal property. Each of them remains solely liable for debts arising in his or her person before or during the marriage, except in the case of article 220.
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