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501

Article 501

Du Partage et des Rapports

Succession Law
Titre XV: Des Successions (On Successions)
Chapitre VI: Du Partage et des Rapports (On Partition and Collation)

Les dons et legs faits au conjoint d'un époux successible, sont réputés faits avec dispense de rapport. S'ils sont faits conjointement à deux époux, dont l'un seulement est successible, celui-ci en rapporte moitié; mais s'ils n'étaient faits qu'à l'époux successible, il les rapporte en entier.

Life lesson: Gift to a successor's spouse? Exempt from collation. Gift to both spouses jointly? The successor collates half. Gift to the successor spouse alone? Full collation.
Notes: Spousal gifts and collation: gift to non-successor spouse → exempt. Joint gift → successor collates half. Gift to successor spouse only → full collation. Cf. Code Napoléon Art. 849.
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