Support at every stage of your life.
To date, cohabitation does not enjoy any legal status. We support you, allowing you to build up your assets together and protect each other.
It is important to organise the regime of your acquisition, especially if there are children in common and/or from a previous union. Partition, joint ownership, civil society…we help you determine the optimal civil and fiscal solution.
Solutions exist to protect one’s cohabiting partner from the consequences of death. Bequests, life insurance, and so on: we help you choose the most efficient solution.
The PACS [French civil solidarity pact] is a contract intended to organise the common life of the partners. We accompany you in the drafting of your PACS agreement as well as in the planning of the inheritance implications of PACS.
We advise you and draft a convention adapted to your partnership, as well as your plans. A notarised PACS has the advantage of being kept for 75 years; you can request its copy at any time.
Partners are exempt from inheritance tax, but the heirs of each person in the partnership are not (unlike in the case of spouses). In order for the surviving partner to inherit, a will must be drawn up for their benefit. Testament holograph, authentic, international/bequest in usufruct, in full ownership, and so on: we guide you in the choice of support and adapted arrangements.
Establishing a marriage contract is not always the spouses’ first concern. However, the choice of matrimonial property regime will have an impact on your family and your assets.Before the marriage, or during it (change of matrimonial regime), we can help you to choose the regime that corresponds to your situation.
The current legal matrimonial regime is community of property reduced to acquisitions. Other regimes may be more suitable, especially if you are self-employed and want to protect your private assets. Beyond the regime, we accompany you in the drafting of the clauses of your marriage contract, for a “tailor-made” marriage contract.
The surviving spouse is protected primarily through the matrimonial property regime. You can modify your matrimonial property regime at any time to add benefits for their benefit (right of withdrawal, unequal sharing clauses, etc.). Donations to the last one living, wills and life insurance are also effective means of protecting the spouse.
The end of a partnership is a difficult situation. We are here for you to help find solutions to preserve your family and your assets. Whether it is an amicable or conflictual separation, we intervene actively and humanely to organise the liquidation-distribution of your assets and accompany you in this step. In the case of conflict situations, we intervene to ease tensions with a view to reaching a solution that is acceptable to all parties.
Entrusting the management of your personal and professional assets in case of incapacity, choosing to stay at home as long as possible…such decisions are made when you are in full possession of your means. It is important to think ahead today in order to prevent others from making the decision for you tomorrow. Review the different options with our teams: they will guide you towards the procedures adapted to your wishes. Family authorisation, mandate for future protection, and so on: solutions exist to organise your end-of-life arrangements in the best possible conditions.
The best way to protect your family from the consequences of a death is to anticipate the transfer of your assets. Together with our wealth management department, we can help you to plan your estate settlement in an optimal way. We establish “tailor-made” consultations in order to preserve the agreement within generations and to reduce inheritance taxation.
We are here to support you at the difficult time of losing a loved one. Advice relating to the option of the surviving spouse, cantonment, quasi-usufruct agreements, amicable distribution, etc. We help you make the best decisions for the future and assist you in the formalities relating to the administration of the estate. Deferred payment, split payment, option of the surviving spouse: we will apply the best techniques to reduce the tax burden of inheritance taxes.
More and more estates entail elements of foreignness (expatriates, investments in a foreign country, heirs of another nationality or non-resident heirs, etc.) We guide you in the application of civil and tax procedures and explain the subtleties of the European Regulation on the settlement of international inheritance.
4, rue Auber 75009 Paris
01.42.33.21.18 | etude@laurentprudhomme.fr
4, rue Auber 75009 Paris
01.42.33.21.18 | etude@laurentprudhomme.fr
