Did you know that it’s legal to marry a deceased person in France?
Article 171 of the civil code states that;
“The President of the Republic may, for serious reasons, authorize the solemnization of marriage if one of the spouses died after completion of official formalities marking it unequivocal consent. In this case, the effects of marriage dated back to the day preceding the death of the husband. However, this marriage does not entail any right of intestate succession for the benefit of the surviving spouse, and no matrimonial property is deemed to have existed between the spouses.”