Wouldn't that depend on the CMR?<br/><br/>If he freed her and he is paying her licence fee, then him not paying it is a way of effectively taking her back into his ownership.<br/><br/>If he freed her and she is paying the fee, then...<br/><br/>Hmm...<br/><br/>Thinking a little outside the box here. The question really comes down to French BAF policy regarding free women. Do they want free women or would they rather have all women owned, but are allowing some to be free?<br/><br/>If the latter, then I would say that she automatically reverts to the ownership of her CMR, because if he is paying her fee and stops, he gets her back.<br/><br/>However, if the state wants a certain number of free women, then they might wish to discourage that sort of behaviour, and the way to do that would be to penalise the CMR by having the woman automatically revert to state ownership.<br/><br/>Or, half way house, you could have the BAF decide based upon who was paying. If the CMR was, then she becomes his, if she was paying it herself out of her own earnings, she becomes state property and so does anything else she owns.<br/><br/>Or simply do it on a case-by-case basis. "Please, your honour, give me back to my father, don't sell me...!"<br/><br/>"I don't want the bitch back, put her up for sale."