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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...
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The child can testify in Court if the Judge believes he/she is in age of having a point of view. French Judges usually admit this capacity from the age of 7 or 8, depending on the maturity of the child.
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Support is paid in the form of monthly instalment by the parent who does not have custody to the one who does.
In case of shared custody, the Judge will only rarely grant support if there is a very substantial difference of income between paren...
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From the 01 January 2021, divorce procedure in France is substantially simplified for spouses connected to France but with some international element, for instance married in France but living abroad, married abroad but at least one spouse is a Fr...
