Lawyer specializing in persons and family law in Antibes - Maître Fabien Manoury
With many years of experience, Maître Fabien Manoury is an expert in persons and family law. He can intervene in all situations relative to marriage, children and inheritance issues. The law office in Antibes can intervene throughout France to solve your most difficult legal problems, in the context of a divorce, to get through the liquidation of your assets, or to help you succeed your case in the event of inheritance disputes.
Divorce proceedings
By definition, divorce is the breakdown of a civil marriage between two spouses: a separation that is usually caused by a disagreement between them. There are different types of divorce proceedings:No-fault divorce
It is a simplified and amicable divorce procedure, which is done without a judge. Each spouse calls upon his or her own lawyer to sign an agreement related to the separation and settling all the consequences of the divorce.
Divorce for Acceptance of the principle of marital breakdown
t is a hybrid divorce procedure, mixing No-fault divorce and contested divorce. While divorce is mutually agreed upon, both parties may disagree on certain points relating to its effects.
Fault divorce
This type of divorce occurs when one of the spouses commits a matrimonial fault or did not respect his or her marital commitments.
Divorce for definitive alteration of the conjugal bond
This divorce procedure can be initiated when the two spouses have already been living apart for at least one years. In the event of proof of the end of cohabitation, the divorce is automatically granted.
Separation of the couple and its outcomes
Formally terminating a marriage contract shall have several significant outcomes for both spouses:Child Custody and Access
One of the most important consequences of a couple's separation is related to child custody and access. This shall be determined by both spouses or by the judge, if parents cannot agree. On the one hand, there is sole custody, and on the other hand, joint custody: that is to say that parents take turns hosting the children every other weekend and during half of the vacations. One of them may be required to pay maintenance allowance to the other in order to contribute to the upbringing and maintenance of their joint children. A compensatory cash benefit may also be requested by one of the spouses to compensate for the lower standard of living resulting from divorce.
Liquidation of the Matrimonial Property
The liquidation of the matrimonial property consists in returning to both spouses their own property and distributing between them the common property: that is to say property acquired during the marriage (financial and movable assets). Ordered by the Family Court, the liquidation of marital property, or distribution of the couple's property, may be done before, during or after divorce is officially granted. Maître Fabien Manoury shall assist you in this important stage of the divorce process.
Law of Succession
After the death of a person, his property reverts by right to his heirs. However, that person may anticipate his succession and manage the distribution of property during his lifetime through a donation or living will procedure. Such personal act, which allows favoring one or several heirs in particular, can take different forms:- Notarially Recorded Will (document drawn up and signed before a notary and witnesses)
- Sealed Will, (secret document entrusted to the civil law notary in a sealed envelope)
- Holograph Will (document drafted, dated and signed in the hand of the testator)
