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Book 4 · Family law  ›  Subtitle 1 · Statutory property regime › Section 1379

Duty of information

(1) If the property regime has come to an end, or if a spouse has filed for divorce, for the annulment of the marriage or for the premature equalisation of the accrued gains in conjunction with the premature suspension of the community of accrued gains, each spouse may

1.  demand information from the other spouse regarding the assets at the time of suspension;

2.  demand information from the other spouse regarding the assets insofar as they are material to the initial and final assets.

Documentation is to be provided on demand. Each spouse may demand to be involved in the drawing up of the list to be submitted to them under section 260 and that the value of the assets and the liabilities be determined. They may also demand that the list be drawn up at their cost by the competent authority or by a responsible official or notary.

(2) If the spouses are separated, each spouse may demand information from the other spouse regarding the assets at the time of separation. Subsection (1) sentences 2 to 4 applies accordingly.

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