Divorce

Couple debts follow different rules depending on whether you are married, in a PACS or cohabiting. Household solidarity, joint loans, release from a loan, taxes and tax solidarity relief: who pays after a separation.

Separation or divorce: what happens to your permit as the spouse of a French national? Shared life, renewal, resident card, withdrawal and the exceptions for violence or a French child.

Divorce by mutual consent settles everything without a judge, through an agreement that two lawyers countersign and a notary files. The steps, the 15-day reflection period, the real cost in 2026 and when a judge comes back in.