Yes. You will inherit from your grandmother by representation of your predeceased father (French Civil Code, Art. 752). The fact that you renounced your father’s estate has no effect on your grandmother’s estate, since she died after her son.
Yes. Article 682 of the French Civil Code gives the owner of land that has no access to a public road, or insufficient access, the right to claim sufficient passage over neighbouring land in return for compensation proportionate to the damage that may be caused.
Yes. When the assets of the estate do not cover the funeral expenses, these expenses are treated as a maintenance obligation towards one’s parents. Children must therefore bear the cost according to their means, even if they have renounced the estate (French Civil Code, Arts. 205 and 371).
Yes. Anyone with a legitimate interest may apply to the court to have planning permission cancelled; to do so, they have two months from the first day on which notice of the planning permission is displayed on the land concerned (Art. R600-2 of the French Town Planning Code). However, the…
Yes, unless your house has a floor area of no more than 20 m², you must obtain planning permission from the town hall (Art. L421-1 of the French Town Planning Code). Conversely, if the floor area is less than 20 m², a prior declaration must be filed.
Yes. You may make a gift before a notary that includes both the real property and the money, subject to the condition that the money is used for the work. Failure to fulfil this condition is grounds for revocation of the gift (French Civil Code, Art. 953).
It depends on the rest of your assets. You are liable for IFI if the net value of all your real estate assets exceeds €1.3 million on 1 January of the tax year (Art. 965 of the French General Tax Code).
No. An adult under curatorship must be assisted by their curator when selling real property (Arts. 467 and 505 of the French Civil Code).
It depends. A simple adoption may be revoked, but “serious grounds” must be demonstrated. The application is made to the judicial court, and the judge has sole discretion to assess the seriousness of the grounds put forward by the adopter (French Civil Code, Art. 370).
No. Full adoption creates an exclusive and irrevocable parent-child relationship with the adoptive family and severs all legal ties with the family of origin (French Civil Code, Art. 356). You therefore have no rights in your biological mother’s estate (unless she named you as a legatee in a will).