AT approaching Valentine’s Day, the following case reminds us that if, in a couple, love disappears one day, the ex-spouses cannot, nevertheless, cause mutual harm to each other: Mme X, in divorce proceedings, had no right to destroy a mural, which her husband had painted in their dining room, eleven […]
The Quai d’Orsay withdraws its authorization for the Rayon de soleil adoption work for foreign children
Adaptation report of a child adopted in France, provided by the association Rayon de soleil of the foreign child to his father. In Bamako, Mali, on September 30, 2021. NICOLAS REMENE / THE PICTORIUM / THE PICTORIUM/MAXPPP The news is “a start of relief”, after years spent alerting public opinion […]
International adoptions in France: a study reveals the extent of abuses
In February 2004, Christian Jacob (second from left), then French Minister for the Family, visited an orphanage in the province of Hoa Binh, in northern Vietnam. HOANG DINH NAM / AFP Pandora’s box is open. If, in recent years, the proliferation of testimonies from French people claiming to have been […]
Succession: will my adopted child inherit, and with what taxation?
Question to an expert When I die, will the child I adopted be treated, for my estate, as my biological child? A child adopted in the full form no longer has filiation with its biological parents. He is therefore the compulsory heir of his adoptive parents. Also for tax purposes, […]
Disability and dependency: who are the 9 million caregivers in France?
Moral support, day-to-day assistance or financial support… Some 9.3 million people were considered “caregivers” in 2021 in France, according to a study published Thursday February 2 by the Direction de la animation de la recherche, des études et statistics (Drees). This aid is directed towards relatives with disabilities (estimated at […]