Mischmax
2019-10-13 11:34:45
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Hello,
I would be very grateful for any hints and assessments regarding the following case:
Ms. F and Mr. M are married under the community of accrued gains regime and are buying a property. Ms. F insists on emotional grounds that the property be acquired with ownership shares of 50% each.
Premarital assets: M has €600k, F has €200k, total assets are €800k. For simplicity, there is no accrued gain.
The property costs €800k and is paid from the assets, and registered in the land register with ownership shares of 50% each.
In the event of a divorce, M and F would each have assets of €400k, resulting in the following accrued gains:
M: -€200k -> set to zero, since there is no "negative accrued gain"
F: +€200k
Accrued gains equalization: F must pay €100k to M.
Assets after equalization:
M: €500k (i.e., a loss of €100k)
F: €300k (a gain of €100k)
If the property had been acquired with a 75% ownership share by M and 25% by F, this shift would not occur. However, F insists on owning 50% of the property – what rules or options do you suggest to balance this inequality? Ideally without a notarized marriage contract.
What occurs to me spontaneously:
I would be very grateful for hints and advice!
I would be very grateful for any hints and assessments regarding the following case:
Ms. F and Mr. M are married under the community of accrued gains regime and are buying a property. Ms. F insists on emotional grounds that the property be acquired with ownership shares of 50% each.
Premarital assets: M has €600k, F has €200k, total assets are €800k. For simplicity, there is no accrued gain.
The property costs €800k and is paid from the assets, and registered in the land register with ownership shares of 50% each.
In the event of a divorce, M and F would each have assets of €400k, resulting in the following accrued gains:
M: -€200k -> set to zero, since there is no "negative accrued gain"
F: +€200k
Accrued gains equalization: F must pay €100k to M.
Assets after equalization:
M: €500k (i.e., a loss of €100k)
F: €300k (a gain of €100k)
If the property had been acquired with a 75% ownership share by M and 25% by F, this shift would not occur. However, F insists on owning 50% of the property – what rules or options do you suggest to balance this inequality? Ideally without a notarized marriage contract.
What occurs to me spontaneously:
[*] M always ensures that future accrued gains are held in an account/depot in his name. Only this way can he avoid the disadvantageous negative accrued gain.
[*] M and F conclude a loan agreement (interest-free and without repayment terms?) for the €200k that F "gains" in assets through the property purchase. What formal requirements exist for this loan agreement so that it effectively acts as an "IOU" from F to M in the accrued gains equalization?
[*] Notarized marriage contract that, deviating from the statutory regulation, requires negative accrued gains to also be compensated? But this carries risks if one spouse gets heavily into debt.
[*] What else do you think of?
I would be very grateful for hints and advice!