German Civil Code (BGB) German law Title 2 Legal custodianship Section 1896 Requirements (1) If a person of full age, by reason of a mental illness or a physical, mental or psychological handicap, cannot in whole or in part take…
Division 3. Guardianship, legal curatorship, custodianship (Section 1773 – 1895)
German Civil Code (BGB) German law Division 3 Guardianship, legal curatorship, custodianship Title 1 Guardianship Subtitle 1 Creation of guardianship Section 1773 Requirements (1) A minor is given a guardian if he is not subject to parental custody or if…
Title 8. Church duties (Section 1588 – 1772)
German Civil Code (BGB) German law Title 8 Church duties Section 1588 (no heading) The church duties with regard to the marriage are not affected by the provisions of this division. Division 2 Relationship Title 1 General provisions Section 1589…
Title 7. Divorce (Section 1564 – 1586b)
German Civil Code (BGB) German law Title 7 Divorce Subtitle 1 Grounds of divorce Section 1564 Divorce by judicial decision A marriage may be dissolved by divorce only by judicial decision on the petition of one or both spouses. The…
Chapter 4. Optional Regime of theCommunity of Accrued Gains (Section 1519 – 1563)
German Civil Code (BGB) German law Chapter 4 Optional Regime of theCommunity of Accrued Gains Section 1519 Agreement by marriage contract The provisions contained in the Agreement of 4 February 2010 between the Federal Republic of Germany and the French…
Subchapter 5. Continued community of property (Section 1483 – 1518)
German Civil Code (BGB) German law Subchapter 5 Continued community of property Section 1483 Occurrence of continued community of property (1) The spouses may agree by marriage contract that the community of property, after the death of a spouse, is…
Subchapter 4. Partitioning of the marital property (Section 1471 – 1482)
German Civil Code (BGB) German law Subchapter 4 Partitioning of the marital property Section 1471 Beginning of the partitioning (1) After the termination of the community of property, the spouses partition the marital property. (2) Until the partitioning, the provisions…
Subchapter 3. Joint management of the marital property by the spouses (Section 1450 – 1470)
German Civil Code (BGB) German law Subchapter 3 Joint management of the marital property by the spouses Section 1450 Joint management by the spouses (1) If the marital property is jointly managed by the spouses, the spouses are in particular…
Subchapter 2. Management of the marital property by the husband or the wife (Section 1422 – 1449)
German Civil Code (BGB) German law Subchapter 2 Management of the marital property by the husband or the wife Section 1422 Subject matter of right of management The spouse who manages the marital property is entitled in particular to take…
Chapter 3. Community of property (Section 1415 – 1421)
German Civil Code (BGB) German law Chapter 3 Community of property Subchapter 1 General provisions Section 1415 Agreement by marriage contract If the spouses, by marriage contract, agree on community of property, the following provisions apply. Section 1416 Marital property…