Janeandalain

Having read Miki's posting, I'd just add that the whole coefficient thing changes according to which baccalaureat you do. Obviously if you are doing S(cientifique)then science and maths count for a whole lot more than if you do L. If you do L(itteraire), I think I am right in saying that maths is done in premiere as an epreuve anticipee like French. Miki's coefficent look to me like they are for ES, because the economics seems to feature. If university is envisaged, there are three bacs worth having, S - scientific, ES -economic, and L - literature (although snobby French parents might try to tell you that the only one worth having is S). These are all done in the standard lycee, along with STT, which is a tertiary bac which is not well seen. Otherwise there are professional bac, some of which are wonderful, some of which aren't. It is incredilbly different to the English system and takes some getting used to!

We got married in England, but have lived in France ever since. My husband is French and the marriage has been registed in France as well, and having made no contract, we are therefore married under the regime of the communaute reduite aux aquets. This does not sit well with my English sensibilities, especially in consideration of an eventual inheritance taxes. Having seen the problems his mother encountered after the death of his father (despite having a very uncomplicated family!) my husband is also convinced that in the end changing to the communaute universelle would be a good move. We are going to buy a house soon, and I wonder whether we should change at that time. Neither of us has been married before. I understand that it is not possible, or at least inadvisable, to do a CU if you have children under 18. My real question is, we have no children now, but plan on having some (having bought the house!)and if we make a contract before the children are born, could they protest against it later? Are there any other reasons to wait?