France is aging, and it is aging fast. Nothing surprising, really. At the end of the Second World War, the country experienced the strongest demographic surge in Europe. From 1946 to 1950, more than 850,000 children were born in France per year, the record being reached in 1949 with nearly […]
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The pet insurance jungle
COLCANOPA In 2020, France had 15.1 million cats and 7.5 million domestic dogs, according to the Federation of Food Manufacturers for Dogs, Cats, Birds and Other Pets (Facco). Surfing on this hexagonal passion for pets, the – very flourishing – health insurance market is developing. “These contracts have existed with […]
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When the divorcing wife destroys the mural painted on the dining room wall by her husband
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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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Taxation: how to reconcile bequest to a friend and philanthropy?
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 […]
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Orpea scandal: in his reissue of “Fossoyeurs”, Victor Castanet reveals the pressures and manipulations suffered during his investigation
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 […]
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Open a retirement savings plan for a minor child, double interest
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 […]