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Article 1390 of the French Civil Code

They may, however, stipulate that on the dissolution of the marriage by the death of one of them, the surviving spouse shall have the option of acquiring or, as the case may be, having attributed to him or her in the partition certain personal property of the predeceased, on condition that it is taken into account in the estate, according to the value it has on the day on which this option is exercised.

The stipulation may provide that the surviving spouse who exercises this option may require the heirs to grant him or her a lease on the property in which the allocated or acquired business is operated.

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Article 1390

Ils peuvent, toutefois, stipuler qu’à la dissolution du mariage par la mort de l’un d’eux, le survivant a la faculté d’acquérir ou, le cas échéant, de se faire attribuer dans le partage certains biens personnels du prédécédé, à charge d’en tenir compte à la succession, d’après la valeur qu’ils ont au jour où cette faculté sera exercée.

La stipulation peut prévoir que l’époux survivant qui exerce cette faculté peut exiger des héritiers que lui soit consenti un bail portant sur l’immeuble dans lequel l’entreprise attribuée ou acquise est exploitée.

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