Marriage contract

You can make one of the following choices:

• Establish a contract after marriage if you have married without a contract
• Edit existing contract
• Changing the matrimonial regime

You must speak to a notary.

Who should be informed about the proposed change of marital status?

You must inform of your plan to change of matrimonial regime the following persons:

• Adult children
• Creditors (via a legal ad log)
• Persons who were parties to the amended eventual marriage contract

Your adult children may object to changing the matrimonial regime in a three-month period.

Your creditors may object to the change within 3 months after publication.

They must inform the notary who draws up the deed of their objection. He'll let you know.

When should the matter be referred to the court?

You have to ask type-approval of the court of your domicile only in the event of an objection by one of the following persons:

• Adult child
• Representative of a protected adult child or a minor child under guardianship
• Creditor

The assistance of a attorney is required.

The lawyer shall submit a request to the court on your behalf to all 2, to which is attached a copy of the notarial deed.

In order to approve the new scheme, the court must assess the following factors:

• Family interest 
• Damage to creditors

He can get input from the children, but he is not obliged to follow it.

How much does the contract change cost?

The cost depends on the value of the goods furniture or real estate which are mentioned in the contract.

You must pay the following:

• Advertising and procedural costs
• Notary's emoluments calculated on the value of the goods
• Costs of winding up the matrimonial property regime
• Lawyer's fees in case of court approval
• Information costs for creditors and adult children

You can change your diet, whether you are married without a contract or that you have already signed a marriage contract.

You can adopt one of the matrimonial regimes provided for by law or choose more suitable rules.

Separation of property

Your assets remain separate.

You retain the administration, enjoyment and free disposal of your personal property.

Adjusted Community of Acquisitions

You can adopt the furniture and purchase community or the arrangements for community reduced to acquisitions, but by amending certain clauses.

For example, you may want to include the following:

• Unequal sharing of common goods between you 2
• Possibility of redemption by either of you 2 of all or part of the goods of the other, according to a price or rules fixed in advance

Universal Community

All your property (furniture or real estate, present and future) are common.

You may or may not include a full community attribution clause for the surviving spouse in the event of death.

Participation in acquisitions

For the duration of the marriage, this regime operates as if you were married under the separation of property regime.

Upon dissolution of the union (divorce or death), the notary calculates the enrichment of each of you 2 during the marriage. It is then shared equally among you 2.

The one who has been the least enriched is entitled to a claim of participation.