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Unlike many common law countries, property purchased after marriage with funds belonging exclusively to one spouse will remain the separate property of this spouse. Typically, the spouse acquired such funds prior to marriage or after the marriage...
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All domestic litigation depends on the jurisdiction of the “Juge aux affaires familiales”. In each French “Département” (French administrative division equivalent to a British county), there are generally one or two Court, grouping several “Juges”...
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The average duration of a divorce is about 12 months.
Duration will strongly vary depending on : the location of the Court (outcome tends to be more rapid in small rural courts) ; if it is a mutual consent divorce or a more disputed type of divor...
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Matrimonial assets (money on bank accounts, furniture, vehicles, former matrimonial home) and debts (rent areas, taxes due, short fall of mortgage) will be dealt with separately from the divorce proceeding.
If there is no agreement on liquidation...
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What the type of divorce (fault, no fault, mutual consent) assistance or representation through a French “Avocat” is compulsory.
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Traditionally in France Custody over children was given to the mother.
The father would have a visitation right usually two weekends a month plus half of the school holidays.
Sometimes, the father was granted an extra visitation day during the...
