Expertise
Married or unmarried
couples
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Married couple
When you decide to get married, it is important to know and define the legal framework of your union. In particular, you have the opportunity to choose the matrimonial property regime to which your assets will be subject. This choice is essential, as it determines how your property will be governed during the marriage and your rights over it in the event of divorce.
There are four types of matrimonial property regime, each of which can be modified: community of property reduced to acquests, which applies in the absence of a marriage contract; separation of property; participation in acquests; and universal community of property.
We can advise you before your marriage on which regime is best suited to your personal and professional situation, and also during the marriage if your matrimonial property regime changes or is wound up, to determine what will be yours on dissolution of your union.
When it comes to your divorce, whether you initiate it or it is imposed on you, it is once again crucial to be well advised and assisted.
Divorce may be amicable, in which case it is known as “mutual consent”. Each of the spouses must be assisted by a lawyer to ensure that the divorce agreement respects the interests of both spouses, who must accept the terms in an informed manner. However, the spouses may disagree on the principle and/or consequences of their divorce, in which case the procedure is contentious.
Whether you are negotiating a settlement or going through a contentious divorce, we are at your side throughout the divorce proceedings, listening to what is important to you.
Our specific expertise in this area enables us to analyses your situation and propose procedural solutions that are in your best interests, and, to determine the financial consequences of your divorce (compensatory allowance and liquidation of your matrimonial property regime) as well as those those relating to the organisation of the children’s lives, whose interests are a priority for us.
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Unmarried couple
La pluralité des formes d’unions existantes aujourd’hui conduit les couples à disposer d’un choix entre trois types d’union : le mariage, le PACS et le concubinage.
While it may seem obvious that marriage should be very well prepared from a legal point of view, you should not underestimate the legal consequences of the other forms of conjugal union.
The “PACS”( French civil pact of solidarity) is a contract concluded between two people to organise their life together. It’s important to choose your “PACS” regime carefully, and to understand the tax and legal implications, particularly in the event of separation.
Cohabitation also entails a number of consequences, despite its ostensible freedom. The intermingling of assets associated with living together means that you need to find out what the consequences are for any particular asset choice.
We will provide you with the information you need to understand the choices you need to make about your assets, depending on your personal and professional situation.
In the event of a dispute between cohabitants (couples living together) with or without children. The family court may be called upon to rule on the liquidation of the regime and possibly on compensation for any loss that a partner or cohabitee believes he or she has suffered as a result of the break-up. The judge may also be asked to rule on the organisation of the children’s lives.
Our expertise in property and extra-patrimonial matters guarantees you the best possible support, both in terms of advice and litigation so that you can be fully reassured, both before you decide to enter into a union and, on a day-to-day basis including in the event of a break-up.
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