Month: March 2023

As a notaire specializing in international property transactions, I have had the pleasure of working with numerous British expats who have made the beautiful country…

France decided to re-introduce an old rule used as a safekeeper of the French reserved share of children under French succession law. This new piece of legislation goes directly against the EU directive 650/2012 and will surely be challenged in European Court in the future. For now, there are ways for British and American people living in France to avoid or mitigate the application of this forced heirship rule using a few tools available under French law.