Practice questionExamen Civique
Votre sœur, majeure, veut épouser la personne de son choix, mais vos parents veulent lui imposer un autre mari. Que dit la loi ?
Your adult sister wants to marry the person of her choice, but your parents want to impose another husband on her. What does the law say?
Correct answer
Le mariage exige le libre consentement des deux époux : un mariage forcé est interdit
Marriage requires the free consent of both spouses: forced marriage is forbidden
Why
Under the Civil Code there is no marriage without consent. Forcing someone into marriage is punished by law, and anyone at risk can get help from the police or associations.
Answer choices
- ALes parents décident du mariage de leurs enfantsParents decide whom their children marry
- BLe père de famille a le dernier motThe father has the final say
- CUn mariage religieux suffit à régler la questionA religious marriage is enough to settle the matter
- DLe mariage exige le libre consentement des deux époux : un mariage forcé est interditMarriage requires the free consent of both spouses: forced marriage is forbidden