In France, whether it is married, Pacsé or simply a couple who lives together affects the rules about property ownership, who is responsible for paying rent to what happens if one of you wants to move.
This is what you need to know.
Married couples
Whether it moves to your nest of brilliant marital love as a couple, or half moved to a property interested in the other, it has the same rights and response areas. As expected, this includes paying your rent.
In summary, it is the responsibility of both halves of a married couple to make sure it is paid on time.
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Similarly, if you then decide to move, you must send a joint notification letter to the owner or the Property Administration Agency.
Ifer, however, only one of you wants to move because the divorce, the spouse who wants to leave must notify the owner or agency. Both parties remain jointly responsible for defeated payments and rental positions until a divorce on the Civil Status certificate is recorded.
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In cases where both spouses move as a result of divorce, they can send a joint letter or the individual.
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However, keep in mind that if a spouse leaves to escape domestic violence against them or against any child under their care, it can give a notice of Monh, regardless of the standard notification period, by letter registered with recognition or receipt. The reason to leave (violence) and one of the following attached documents:
- a copy of an issue of protection order by a judge of the Family Court;
- A copy of a criminal conviction for acts of violence that has less than six months.
The violent spouse becomes solely responsible for the rental payments and other charges from the day after the letter registered to the owner.
Yes, divorce procedures, there is a dispute on who can stay at the interested home, a judge will have the last word.
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If a spouse dies, the surviving partner has an exclusive right to the lease, unless they give up notifying. This exclusive right exists whether a spouse suddenly leaves without prior notice, or poor health forces them to become care.
The correspondence exchanges between the owner or the agent and only one of the spouses are not binding on the other, unless the owner does not occur to the Marriard at the time the letter addresses one of the spouses.
Civil Association Couples
The PAC (Civil Pacte de Solidarité, or ‘Civil Union’) was introduced in France in 1999 as a way of giving couples rights and benefits similar to those granted to married couples.
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It has become such an accepted part of the landscape that its acronym has become a word Trapisonthat is, people who have entered a civil union – ILS SON PACSÉ = They are in a civil society.
It will not be improperly surprised, then, to learn the rights and responsibilities of renting and finishing a rental agreement are the same, including the bit of paying the rent. After all, it is why the PACS state was introduced first.
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However Trapison Couples have to inform their lessor, in writing, if they want to formally consult the joints. The owner cannot reject this request, which becomes important if one of Palsé’s tenants dies later. Only if they are heroes, joint tenure will be the surviving partner, it will be eligible for exclusive rights to continue the lease.
During the entire duration of civil society, when the owner or agency sends a letter (for example, to notify), they must address each of the partners. A letter addressed to a single partner has no value with respect to the other.
Couples who cohabit
When a couple lives together in a common relationship, known in French as concubinage – The rules related to the accommodation in which the partners live are different depending on whether only one of them signs the lease or if both partners do.
In general terms, if only a partner has signed the lease, legally, they are the only tenant. The other partner has no right or title for accommodation, even if they have decided together to share the payment of the execution.
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Therefore, only the person who signed the lease is responsible for the payment of rent and charges to the owner. Unless the other has acted as the tenant’s guarantor, the owner cannot chase them for payments.
The partner who has not signed the lease can then move without having to inform the owner. The partner who has signed the lease, however, must give an appropriate notice.
If the partner who signed the lease dies, the surviving partner can obtain the transfer of the lease under certain conditions, namely that the coabitation can be proven and stable and know, and that the couple had lived together in Leasehold. To the tenant. The same rules apply if the lease partner leaves the property suddenly and without prior notice.
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