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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Compensatory benefits.

Article 272

…hen a compensatory allowance is fixed, by the judge or by the parties, or when an application for review is made, the parties shall provide the judge with a statement certifying on their honour the ac…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article 263

If the divorced spouses wish to enter into another union with each other, a new marriage celebration is required.

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Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article 264

Following a divorce, each of the spouses loses the use of his or her spouse's name. One of the spouses may nevertheless retain the use of the other's name, either with the other's agreement or with th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Compensatory benefits.

Article 276-1

The annuity is indexed; the index is determined in the same way as for alimony. The amount of the annuity before indexation is fixed uniformly for its entire duration or may vary by successive periods…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Compensatory benefits.

Article 276

…ced, where circumstances so require, by the allocation of a capital fraction in one of the forms provided for in article 274.

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Paragraph 3: Compensatory benefits.

Article 274

…ms: 1° Payment of a sum of money, whereby the granting of the divorce may be made subject to the provision of the guarantees provided for in Article 277 ; 2° Attribution of property in ownership or of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Compensatory benefits.

Article 279-1

…he spouses submit an agreement relating to compensatory allowance to the judge for approval, the provisions of articles 278 and 279 are applicable.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article 265-2

…he spouses may, during the divorce proceedings, enter into any agreements for the liquidation and division of their matrimonial property regime. Where the liquidation relates to property subject to la…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Compensatory benefits.

Article 279

…vent of a significant change in the resources or needs of either of the parties, ask the judge to review the compensatory allowance. The provisions set out in the second and third paragraphs of articl…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Compensatory benefits.

Article 280-1

…deed. Where the terms of payment of the compensatory allowance have been maintained, the actions provided for in the second paragraph of Article 275 and articles 276-3 and 276-4, depending on whether…

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