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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

Question to an expert I would like to bequeath part of my estate to a relative who is not a relative and to a cause, how do I do this? Everyone can pass on their assets to whomever they wish, except if they have children. As “reserved” heirs, they cannot […]

A copy of the first edition of the book “Les Fossoyeurs” (Fayard, 2022), by journalist Victor Castanet. BERTRAND GUAY / AFP who tried to bury The Gravediggers ? In a new edition of his investigation into Orpea, which comes out in bookstores on Wednesday January 25, Victor Castanet tells “the […]

Subscribing to a pension product in the name of a minor child turns out to be a surprising idea at first glance. However, when creating the retirement savings plan (PER), in 2019, the legislator clearly considered this scenario by authorizing its ownership for each member of the tax household, therefore […]

In the legal battle that has pitted him against his father’s partner for several years, the only son and guardian of perfumer Jean-Paul Guerlain has just won an important victory. The Versailles Court of Appeal declared, in a judgment delivered on Thursday January 12, Kirsten Kragh Michelsen, known as Christina, […]

Ihen a tenant in the private sector dies, his lease contract must automatically be transferred to his descendants, if they have lived with him for at least one year. When a tenant of social housing dies, the same principle of automaticity is supposed to apply, although, in addition to the […]

The Defender of Rights is once again sounding the alarm about the situation of the elderly in nursing homes. “We are still seeing violations of the rights of residents in nursing homes (…). The response of the public authorities is not commensurate with the attacks denounced, nor with the urgency”regrets […]

Matrimonial regime: what to think about when moving abroad? Attention, alert Xaviera Favrie, notary at KL Conseil, an expatriation can modify your matrimonial regime without your knowledge, if you got married without a contract.