Divorce carries with it the dissolution of the matrimonial regime.
The effects of the dissolution of the regime are produced between the spouses from the day the application is presented, unless the court makes them retroactive to the date on which the spouses ceased to live together. Divorce entails the lapse of gifts mortis causa made by one spouse to the other in consideration of marriage. Divorce does not entail the lapse of other gifts mortis causa or gifts inter vivos made to the spouses in consideration of marriage. The court may, however, when granting a divorce, declare such gifts lapsed or reduce them, or order the payment of gifts inter vivos deferred for such time as it may fix. Divorce has the same effects in respect of children as separation from bed and board.