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Updated on Tuesday 1 March 2022

Donation: risks related to manual donations

It is possible to give a sum of money to one of your children informally. However, be careful. This "manual donation" must comply with certain legal and taxation rules and could trigger a family clash, if it is carried out, without any prior reflection.

Updated on Tuesday 8 February 2022

Donation between spouses (or donation to the last survivor)

Donation between spouses (or donation to the last survivor) helps improve the spouse’s rights in terms of inheritance. The donation between spouses is an excellent way to protect your spouse. Get more information from your notary.

Updated on Monday 2 June 2025

Successive gift

A successive gift is, first and foremost, a gift, that is, an act “by which a person freely transfers all or part of their property or rights to another person,” in a present and irrevocable manner (meaning the donor cannot reclaim the property or right once given).

Updated on Friday 5 January 2024

Inheritance: donation-partage and intergenerational donation

Donation - partage allows you to organize the sharing of your assets, during your lifetime. It can be granted for the benefit of one’s children, but also of grandchildren as part of an intergenerational donation-sharing

Updated on Wednesday 28 June 2023

Make a bequest to a foundation or an association

You have the right to leave all or part of your inheritance, to a structure of general interest which, due to you, will be able to pursue its humanitarian, social, educational, research missions, in the medium and long term.

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Quel est le plus avantageux fiscalement : la succession ou la donation ? Comment choisir le notaire pour effectuer cette transmission. Me Barbara Thomas-David, notaire, vous répond sur BFM Business dans l'émission "Le Club du Droit / Passez-moi le notaire".

No. When a person is unable to manage their own affairs, the guardianship judge may authorise one or more persons to represent them, assist them, or carry out one or more acts on their behalf. Pursuant to Article 494-6 of the French Civil Code, in the case of a general…

No. It all depends on your deed of gift. If it was expressly stipulated that the gift concerned the property and the furniture, then you are the owner of the furniture. Conversely, if your uncle only gave you bare ownership of the property, he retained ownership of the furniture.

No. Donation duties are calculated based on the real market value of the donated property, that is to say, on the price that could be obtained if it were put up for sale, according to the detailed and estimated declaration that you will have made (art. 761, al. 1 CGI)…

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Make a donation

Make a donation

Donation: risks related to manual donations

Donation between spouses (or donation to the last survivor)

Successive gift

Inheritance: donation-partage and intergenerational donation

Make a bequest to a foundation or an association

A question ? Need help ?

Passing on a house to your children: by succession or donation?

I am an adult under a general guardianship order and I would like to make a cash gift to my daughter. Can I do so without the judge’s authorisation?

My uncle gave me bare ownership of an apartment and kept the usufruct. Does the furniture (table, chairs, etc.) automatically follow the same fate?

My sister borrowed €20,000 from my mother but she won't give it back. We are 8 children. What can I do to get her money back?

My uncle owns and occupies a house. He plans to give it to me. Insofar as he will continue to live there, can I benefit from a discount on the value to be declared to calculate the gift duties?