Yes, you can claim late delivery penalties or damages from your developer, if the delay causes you prejudice (e.g., rental of a storage unit for your furniture, accommodation costs, etc.). However, your promoter may not be held liable if there is a legitimate reason (bad weather, late delivery of materials…

No, the new owners cannot destroy these graves. When they are located on private property, they have a perpetual character and are outside the scope of the sale (Cass. civ., April 11, 1938). Purchasers are not only prohibited from destroying them, but must also allow you access to them. Only…

Yes. As part of your father's estate, you inherited the property he had purchased as a life annuity, as well as the related debts. It is therefore your responsibility to continue paying the annuities until the death of the seller.

Do we also need to obtain the agreement of our mother-in-law, who has opted for usufruct in our father's estate? Yes, your mother-in-law (your father's surviving spouse) has a successive or contingent usufruct on the bare property you inherited from your father. Therefore, in the event of the sale of…

No. Article 1094-1 of the French Civil Code states in its 1st paragraph that "In the event that a spouse leaves children or descendants, whether or not from the marriage, he or she may dispose in favor of the other spouse either of the property he or she could dispose…

[...] leading the judge to decide that the property should be sold by auction. Is there any way to prevent the property from being sold at auction? Yes, article 815-17 of the French Civil Code stipulates that when the personal creditors of an undivided co-owner initiate partition, " the co-owners…

No. Article 12.1 of the national regulations governing notaries stipulates that " In the interests of the dignity and independence of his functions, the notary may, save in exceptional circumstances, only receive clients and deeds in his office, in ancillary premises and in one or more ancillary offices or in…

Yes, if the preliminary sales agreement you signed with your wife designates the two of you as inseparable purchasers, and you are married under the community of property regime, in accordance with the ruling of the French Supreme Court dated September 14, 2017 (N°16-17.856).