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
Is adultery always grounds for divorce in France and are damages due? The Civil Code states that ‘spouses owe fidelity to each other, and a shared life’ What are the financial advantages of a French civil partnership? 13 things you can do through a French notaire apart from buy a house Is a French Pacs valid in the UK?
How to get a Pacs in France and what differences to marriage Can foreigners get a Pacs or does one of you have to be French? What documents do you need? How much does it cost? We explain France’s civil partnership
‘It took five trips to mairie’: What is getting a Pacs in France like? Three couples share their experience of getting Pacs-ed, the French equivalent of a civil partnership
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
French Pacs still valid in UK after law change? Will our (mixed-sex) Pacs be recognised by the UK after the recent change in civil partnership law there, meaning it is now open to all couples?
France’s Pacs contracts rise 10-fold in 20 years The Pacs civil union has marked its 20th birthday, with the latest statistics showing 194,000 registered in 2017, up from 20,000 a year in the early days.
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
Is our different-sex Pacs valid if returning to UK? We are in a different-gender Pacs [a French form of civil partnership open to same and opposite sex couples, often entered into for property purchases] and are considering returning to the UK. Will our Pacs be recognised there? B.F.
Buying a property with a Pacs relationship My partner and I are in a Pacs relationship and want to buy a property together. Can you tell us what the different régimes mean for ownership in our situation? A.L.
May I inherit part of partner's pension? My Pacs (French civil partnership) partner died recently. We had lived together in the UK and now France. When I contacted the UK pensions office to notify them of my partner’s death they told me as we were not married, I would not be entitled to part of my partner’s pension. Is that correct? J.M.