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Certified French Legal Separation Translation
eVerbary translates your French legal separation into English for $24.95 per page with no word cap, by a professional human translator, with a signed certification. Most orders are delivered within a few hours. Accepted by USCIS and by US universities, colleges and schools, or your money back.
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Séparation de corps, by judge or by agreement
France has a formal legal separation, the séparation de corps: the spouses stay married but no longer live together, are taxed separately and keep inheritance rights. It is pronounced by a judgment, or, when both agree, by the same procedure as divorce by mutual consent: an agreement signed with a lawyer for each spouse and filed with a notary. If a minor child asks to be heard, the agreement must be approved by a judge.
Either way, the separation is noted in the margin of the birth acts and the marriage act. The judgment or agreement also says whether a spouse may keep using the other's name, and that clause is translated exactly. The separation takes effect between the spouses when the judgment becomes final, or from the filing with the notary for an agreed separation, and that date is translated as printed.
From separation to divorce
A separation does not become a divorce by itself. One spouse can ask for conversion into divorce two years after a separation judgment; both together can do it at any time, and a separation by agreement can be converted into a divorce by mutual consent whenever they choose. A US office may therefore see a separation and a later French divorce decree in the same file.
If you are using the separation in a US case, translate the judgment or the agreement with the notary's attestation, plus a recent marriage act showing the note. A separation is not a divorce for remarriage: if a recent marriage act shows only a separation note, the marriage still stands, and only a divorce note ends it. See the French marriage certificate page, the Haitian page and our French page.
What USCIS requires
Under 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3), a foreign-language document must be accompanied by a complete English translation and the translator's certification that it is accurate. Every seal, stamp and marginal note is part of the document, so every one is translated.
State agencies set their own rules — see government agencies — and what our certification states is on this page.
How it works
Upload a photo or a scan of your document, pick the language pair and check out online. You never have to mail originals: a legible copy is all we need.
A professional human translator, never machine translation, translates the document word for word and mirrors the layout of the original. Every certified translation ships with a signed Certificate of Translation Accuracy that meets the requirements of USCIS, courts and universities.
Your translation is delivered digitally, usually within 24 hours for documents of one to three pages, and same-day delivery is available. If anything needs adjusting, we revise it.
Certified vs. standard translation
A certified translation is a word-for-word translation accompanied by a signed statement attesting to its accuracy and completeness. It is what official bodies require: USCIS, courts, universities and government agencies. Certified translations are $24.95 per page, where one sheet of your document is one page, with no word cap.
A standard translation is the same professional human translation without the certificate, for when you only need to understand the content or for internal or informal use. It is billed at the same $24.95 per page with no word cap.
Frequently asked questions
Are we still married after a séparation de corps?
Yes. The marriage continues until a divorce. We translate the separation as what it is.
Our separation was filed with a notary, not a judge.
That is the mutual-consent route. We translate the agreement and the notary's attestation.
Can it become a divorce?
Yes, by conversion: after two years on one spouse's request, or at any time jointly.
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