Tag: family life
“I walk into a bar and order my last beer”
THIBAULT LAGET-RO “I come from a popular and loving family, in Boulogne-sur-Mer [Pas-de-Calais]. I had a happy childhood, surrounded by my brothers and sisters, my mother, who took care of…
One day, a miracle: “I probe the snow, and the avalanche is triggered”
An unexpected moment occurred in their lives. An extraordinary coincidence, a marvelous chance, a twist of fate… Twenty-five years ago, Hervé Sergeraert, 57, project director in Theys (Isère), was swept…
Are cohabiting partners subject to the IFI together?
Question to an expert We are cohabiting, do we have to declare our joint real estate assets? The real estate wealth tax (IFI) is due by individuals if the net…
“My father tells me that he wants to come with his mistress to my mother and I tell him that I don’t want to see him anymore”
XAVIER LISSILLOUR “I have no memory of living together with my father. He was working overseas and would be gone for weeks at a time. My mother was a drawing…
can you modify your beneficiary clause at any time?
The beneficiary clause of a life insurance contract must be carefully drafted and regularly reviewed. However, it can sometimes be risky to modify it. For example, in the case of…
“I tell her that she sees Russia through rose-colored glasses, and the tone rises”
XAVIER LISSILLOUR Jessica and I met in 2017, at a conference somewhere in Europe. We were both passionate about Russia. For me, it went back to childhood. It’s difficult to…
Is free access to toilets a fundamental right?
The health argument Who wants to develop cystitis because they don’t have change (or a bank card)? La France insoumise emphasizes that free access to clean toilets should be a…
Judge Edouard Durand, spokesperson for incest victims
Edouard Durand, co-chair of the Independent Commission on Incest and Sexual Violence Against Children (Ciivise), during a public meeting of the commission, at the Palais de la Femme, in Paris,…
“Caregivers” student brothers and sisters, a life in the shadow of illness
In Lyon, December 13, 2022. JEFF PACHOUD / AFP Eva, 21 years old, took a long time to recognize that, sometimes, ” she is sick of it “. She said…
ways to fight this “invisible crime”
The co-president of the Independent Commission on Incest and Sexual Violence, Edouard Durand, listens to the testimony of a man during a public meeting, in Paris, September 21, 2022. JULIEN…
Should you declare small amounts received from your parents to your estate?
Any donation, whatever its form, is in principle taxable. As an exception, the “customary gifts” mechanism allows a parent to give to a child without having to declare the gift,…
Can a mother prohibit her daughter from attending her funeral?
Lor the Day of the Dead, November 2, many families will go to put flowers on the grave of a relative. There is no doubt that on this occasion, Mme…