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French Divorce Law Clarified Following ECHR Decision

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French Divorce Law Clarified Following ECHR Decision

A decision by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has made it, in practice, impossible for any French divorce judge to issue similar rulings.

Consequently, a new law has been enacted in France. This legislation is primarily intended as a clarification of existing legal provisions and is not anticipated to have a major impact on the French court system.