The divorce agreement or judgment takes effect in the relationship between the spouses, as regards their property:
-when it is established by mutual consent by private-signature deed countersigned by lawyers filed with the minutes of a notary, on the date on which the agreement settling all the consequences of the divorce acquires enforceability, unless that agreement stipulates otherwise;
-when it is pronounced by mutual consent in the case provided for in 1° of Article 229-2, on the date of homologation of the agreement settling all the consequences of the divorce, unless the agreement provides otherwise ;
-where the divorce is granted for acceptance of the principle of the breakdown of the marriage, for definitive alteration of the marital bond or for fault, on the date of the application for divorce.
At the request of one of the spouses, the judge may fix the effects of the judgment at the date on which they ceased to cohabit and collaborate. This application may only be made at the time of the divorce proceedings. Enjoyment of the marital home by only one of the spouses remains gratuitous until the application for divorce, unless the judge decides otherwise.