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Marriage

Is a French Pacs recognised in the UK or US?

The UK and US have differing legal views on French civil partnerships

One partner’s debt can cause joint home to be seized in France

The effects of a couple's marriage regime were highlighted by a recent case in France's top appeal court

French people are having much less sex, new poll suggests

There is an increasingly marked disinterest, it claims, citing time spent on screens and less of a feeling of ‘marital duty’ among reasons

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Life expectancy in France hits a record - and births plummet

People in France can now expect to live the longest ever from birth, but the birth rate is dropping, and the population is ageing overall

Married, Pacs, cohabit: your French home rights after partner’s death

Following the death of a partner, your right to remain in the shared home will depend on your relationship status and if you rent or own the property

What documents are needed by non-residents to marry in France?

Foreign nationals may be asked to provide more documents than French people such as a certificat de célibat

Can a divorced person remarry in a church in France?

It is important to distinguish between the civil and religious parts of a French marriage

Married couples: Are you familiar with your French marriage regime?

Anyone who is married and lives in France is subject to a set of rules relating to ownership of assets. We explain the key points

Why a Frenchwoman has been allowed to marry partner who died in 2020

Tragedy struck just before their wedding day

Couples who married outside France warned over marriage regime changes

A quirk in the law means some marriage regimes have been changed automatically, affecting inheritance and property ownership

What are the financial advantages of a French civil partnership?

Partner article: Christopher Davenport from Kentingtons explains how current and future assets, debts and earnings could be affected by a pacte civil de solidarité

Homophobia still high a decade since France allowed same-sex marriage

More than 70,000 same-sex couples have tied the knot since 2013. But campaigners say violence against the LGBT community remains high

French wedding: Can you get married in France if you do not live here?

The short answer is yes, but there are several caveats

13 things you can do through a French notaire apart from buy a house

A notaire can help with much more than property purchases in France - some services are free

Will our marriage regime affect the French property left in our will?

Partner article: Marriage regimes matter but figuring out which country’s law applies will depend on the date you tied the knot

Couples' counselling in France

Is there any form of marriage guidance in France, as exists in the UK (and preferably a service in English)?

France lockdown: Can I get married in a different region?

Weddings can go ahead but with a limited attendance

Which French marriage regime is which?

Barbara Heslop of Heslop & Platt answers a reader query on French matrimonial regimes

French MPs pass law to make gay conversion therapy illegal

It follows reports of ‘hundreds of recent cases’ using techniques including hypnosis, electric shocks and forced heterosexual marriage

Video: French cadet proposes to girlfriend during July 14 Paris parade

The young couple were congratulated by French president Emmanuel Macron

French court refuses entry to residents' non-official foreign partners

Covid-related travel restrictions are keeping apart couples made up of a French citizen or resident and someone in a non-EU country who cannot officially prove they are in a relationship

A brief guide to how marriage and ‘Pacs’ affects finances in France

How you live with a partner, whether informally (concubinage) or in a civil partnership (Pacs) or in a marriage changes elements for tax and inheritance

France reviews adoption rights for unmarried couples

A bill to allow full adoption rights for people who are pacsed or living together has passed the first stage

Brexit: Can UK wife of Irish man stay 90+ days in France?

Every other day, we share a reader question from our Brexit and Britons in France Help Guide. Get your copy of the guide via the link at the end of this article.

France introduces Covid travel waiver for unmarried couples

France is to allow international unmarried couples that have been separated by the Covid-19 crisis to beat travel restrictions, and finally be reunited after months apart.

Coronavirus: transnational couples separated by travel bans

Love is stuck in limbo as hundreds of couples are separated by Covid-19 travel bans.

Married + living in France with assurance vie? Check clauses

I predict you should act now to avoid future financial woes, says Robert Kent of Kentingtons. Here's his monthly feature for Connexion readers...

French PM warns against foreign travel plans

"It's not reasonable to imagine travelling far abroad very quickly," Edouard Philippe warns

Married to a French person: do I need carte de sejour?

I live in France and am British but my wife is French. Will I be automatically entitled to continue living in France after the Brexit trans-ition period or do I have to do something? H.F.

What are French SCI's benefits?

As a married couple, are there inheritance planning advantages to buying a home through an SCI property company? R.C.

Changing marriage regime in France costly in 2020

If you want to change marriage regime in France as part of your inheritance planning, you are advised to do so this year as a new tax will apply from 2020.

Make sense of.....The French Pacs

If you are living in France with a partner and want to formalise the relationship, you have two options: marriage or Pacs

'Mother' and 'Father' to vanish from school forms

MPs adopt amendment to education reform bill to use 'Parent 1' and 'Parent 2'

Update tax office to avoid overpayment

If your family situation has changed recently, such as a new baby or marriage, you should tell your tax office so it can apply the correct rate under the at-source system which begins in January.

How are you married? I’m not talking about church...

When I ask people how they are married, they look at me perplexed. My favourite reply is still “in a church!”. When talking about marriage, in this instance, I mean the marriage regime.

French wedding postponed in Nice due to rowdy party

The mayor of Nice has postponed the marriage of a couple whose wedding party was deemed to have broken the rules of public “good behaviour” in the city.

France tops EU unmarried parents chart

Six out of 10 babies in France born to unmarried parents in 2016, official figures reveal

Sky-high wedding in WWII plane after watery proposal

Adventurous couple from south of France who got engaged underwater marry in wartime DC-3 flying over home town

40,000 same-sex marriages in five years

April 23, 2018, marks fifth anniversary of legalisation of same-sex marriages in France

SNCF boss personally ensures TGVs for diamond wedding

Train company SNCF has personally called a couple in their eighties to let them know that they will be able to travel to their diamond wedding anniversary celebrations by TGV as planned, despite continued strikes.

Lost wedding ring found in Marseille after 18 years

A shop in Marseille has reunited a distinctive wedding ring with its owners, 18 years after the ring first went missing.

Australian ambassador to France plans own gay marriage

The Australian ambassador to France has celebrated his country’s acceptance of same-sex marriage this week by asking his own partner to marry him.

French cohabiting unmarried couples are ‘more equal’

French couples who live together but are not married are increasing in number, and are likely to be less well-off but ‘more equal’ than married couples or those in civil partnerships, figures show.