No. Under the community of acquisitions regime, assets received by way of succession are considered separate property of the spouse who inherits them (Article 1405, paragraph 1 of the French Civil Code). Consequently, the undivided share inherited by your spouse is his separate property. If you purchase the share of…
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Yes. Ownership depends on your matrimonial regime. Under separation of property, you are sole owner; under community property it is generally joint unless funded with personal assets (Civil Code, Articles 1421 and 1424).
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Yes. Article 368-1 of the French Civil Code provides that the estate of a person who was adopted under a simple adoption is divided into two parts: one half goes to the biological family, and the other half to the adoptive family (Article 738-1 of the Civil Code).