Family law
Estimated reading time (in minutes) In a judgment of July 4, 2012, the first civil chamber of the Court of Cassation dismissed the appeal: “given that it is in the exercise of its sovereign power that the Court of Appeal has, in view of all the documents adduced...
Family law
Estimated reading time (in minutes) Despite a divorce application, your ex-spouse does not always want to leave the marital home. When does he have to leave legally ? Can we get him fired? Despite a non-conciliation order As part of a divorce application , the...
Family law
Estimated reading time (in minutes) International divorces often give rise to complex disputes in which parents fight to obtain the exercise of parental authority over their children. Determining the jurisdiction of the national courts called upon to rule is therefore...
Civil law, Family law
Estimated reading time (in minutes) Remuneration of Notaries in Divorce Proceedings The judgment delivered by the second civil chamber addresses an important question regarding the remuneration of notaries appointed by the judge in divorce proceedings. Specifically,...
Family law
Estimated reading time (in minutes) Transferability of alimony to heirs The question of whether alimony , as established in article 301 of the civil code prior to the law of July 11, 1975, is transferable to the heirs is addressed in a recent judgment of the first...
Civil law, Family law
Estimated reading time (in minutes) Conflicting Actions: Divorce and Contribution to Marriage Expenses In a case involving two Algerian spouses, a dispute arose when the wife sought an order from a French court, requesting her husband to contribute to the expenses of...