Question 14548 — family

Summary

Mr. Jean-Carles Grelier draws the attention of the Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice, to the maintenance obligation which weighs on widows and widowers towards their in-laws. Indeed, article 206 of the civil code provides that marriage creates a maintenance obligation on the part of the spouses towards their in-laws in need, regardless of the matrimonial regime chosen. This maintenance obligation towards the in-laws ceases in two situations: when the spouse and children from the union have died; in the event of divorce of the spouses, even when the children of the marriage are still alive. However, many widows complain that this obligation continues even though they have lost their husbands and must provide for their children alone. Some feel it as an injustice or a double punishment. Also, it would seem appropriate to to be able to envisage an evolution of this legislation. He therefore asks him to kindly inform him of the Government's intentions on this point.

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