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Le couple est au Québec

Si l'instrument est québécois, utilisez les dossiers du Québec. N'analysez pas un contrat de mariage comme un contrat ontarien.

Ordre public et forme notariale

Le contrat de mariage est en principe un acte notarié. Le patrimoine familial est d'ordre public. Les conjoints de fait n'y entrent pas par la cohabitation. Voilà pourquoi le Québec est de premier rang dans ce catalogue.

Les versions française et anglaise du Code sont officielles. Le produit peut rendre compte en français sur le parcours d'examen français.

formalitiesstatute

Civil Code of Québec, CQLR c. CCQ-1991, arts. 391, 414–426, 431–443

Marriage-contract form

A marriage contract is made by notarial act, except where the Code permits another form. This is not Ontario witnessing and not a U.S. acknowledgment.

  • Photos and unsigned templates are not a completed domestic contract.
  • If the file calls itself a prenup, the formation question is still this province’s marriage-contract form, not California Fam. Code or Sambolagen.
propertystatute

Civil Code of Québec, CQLR c. CCQ-1991, arts. 391, 414–426, 431–443

Default property regime for spouses

Default regime is partnership of acquests unless a marriage contract chooses another permitted regime. Family patrimony (family residence, furniture, vehicles, certain retirement rights) is a separate public-order mass.

  • The contract’s job is usually to modify or confirm that default, within what the statute lets parties do.
  • Do not apply Ontario FLA equalization, British Columbia FLA unmarried-spouse property, or U.S. UPAA formalities to Québec. French and English versions of the Code are official; this pack cites the English LégisQuébec text.
limitationsstatute

Civil Code of Québec, CQLR c. CCQ-1991, arts. 391, 414–426, 431–443

What this pack will not invent

Do not apply Ontario FLA equalization, British Columbia FLA unmarried-spouse property, or U.S. UPAA formalities to Québec. French and English versions of the Code are official; this pack cites the English LégisQuébec text.

  • Conflicts of laws if the couple later lives in another province or country are a gap.
  • Tax, immigration, and Indigenous family-law systems are not fully catalogued here.