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<\/p>\nDisinheriting your children – a “non” “non” in France!<\/p>\n
Even beyond the grave, Johnny Hallyday \u00a0– France’s “Elvis” to Americans who failed to grasp the appeal of the man or his music – \u00a0continues to surprise.<\/p>\n
Throughout his long career as a singer and actor, Johnny, who died at his mansion in a Paris suburb on Dec. 5, 2017, \u00a0thumbed his nose at conventional society. \u00a0Fans loved his tight fitting leather pants and heavy chains, his tumultuous love life, his motorcycles – and accompanied him throughout his ups and downs. \u00a0Johnny just did his thing and managed along the way \u00a0to gain the admiration of a few French intellectuals among his throes of more ordinary admirers.<\/p>\n
His funeral services were national, held at the beautiful and prestigious Church of the Madeleine. \u00a0The family, composed of Johnny’s present wife Laetitia and their two adopted children, Johnny’s ex-wives and two children from previous marriages, Laura Smet and David Hallyday, stood together in apparent unity. It quickly became clear, though, that there was a split. \u00a0In a portentous detail, \u00a0Laetitia, accompanied by the couple’s two adopted children, Jade and Joy, followed the hearse while Laura and David were relegated to waiting in front of the church for them to arrive.<\/p>\n
That was just a taste of what was to come.<\/p>\n
When the will was read and made public, even Johnny’s fastest supporters and fans were shocked. \u00a0 In it, he left all his earthly possessions to his wife Laetitia – disinheriting his oldest children.<\/p>\n
Nothing scandalous about this to an American. \u00a0 After all, in the U.S. if you want to leave millions of dollars to a charity or to your dog, it is your perfect right.<\/p>\n
Not so in France where the Napoleonic “Code Civil” guarantees that children must inherit what is called a “reserved share” of the parents’ inheritance. \u00a0 \u00a0How much depends on how many children – obviously there’s a greater share for an only child than for eight siblings. But the point is that \u00a0it is strictly unthinkable – and undoable – for a French parent to disinherit children. \u00a0And that is why David and Laura, Johnny’s children, have taken the matter to court.<\/p>\n
Now the battle rages and will continue to rage for months and perhaps years between battalions of French lawyers and American lawyers. \u00a0(Johnny is French and died in France, but he was also a resident of California where he lived and where the will was made).<\/p>\n
Most everyone has an opinion on the subject but for the moment one thing is sure: the only ones making any money out of the controversy are the lawyers.<\/p>\n
As usual.<\/p>\n
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Thousands of Johnny’s biker fans descend the Champs-Elys\u00e9es.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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