
Law No. 2026-248 aims to unblock joint ownership situations and accelerate the management of vacant successions from 2027.
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The civil code seeks to balance the right to property and the exit from joint ownership despite the blockages.
Protecting everyone's property rights, without being condemned to remain indefinitely in the joint ownership that they endure: the civil code has always sought this balance. To achieve this, it is still necessary to overcome the obstacles and blockages of some people due to inertia, bad faith or disinterest.
To loosen these obstacles, Law No. 2026-248 of April 7, 2026 aimed at simplifying the exit from joint ownership and the management of vacant inheritances chooses pragmatism. It attacks the judicial division procedure, the slowness of which can benefit recalcitrant parties. Heirs, divorcing spouses and partners who end their civil partnership should benefit from January 1, 2027. The reform will concern proceedings initiated from this date, but also procedures underway on January 1, since the judge and notary have not yet been appointed and no closure order has been issued. If the judge and the notary have…
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Application of the reform to proceedings introduced on January 1, 2027
Very likely · Within months

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