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Article 215 of the French Civil Code

The spouses mutually bind themselves to a community of life.

The family’s residence is at the place they choose by mutual agreement.

The spouses may not, one without the other, dispose of the rights by which the family’s dwelling is secured, nor of the furnishings with which it is furnished. Either spouse who has not consented to the deed may seek its annulment: the action for nullity is open to him or her within one year from the day on which he or she became aware of the deed, but may never be brought more than one year after the matrimonial property regime was dissolved.

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Article 215

Les époux s’obligent mutuellement à une communauté de vie.

La résidence de la famille est au lieu qu’ils choisissent d’un commun accord.

Les époux ne peuvent l’un sans l’autre disposer des droits par lesquels est assuré le logement de la famille, ni des meubles meublants dont il est garni. Celui des deux qui n’a pas donné son consentement à l’acte peut en demander l’annulation : l’action en nullité lui est ouverte dans l’année à partir du jour où il a eu connaissance de l’acte, sans pouvoir jamais être intentée plus d’un an après que le régime matrimonial s’est dissous.

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