[ti:Frenchwoman Officially Considered Dead Fights to be ‘Alive’ Again]
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[00:00.04]Declared dead by a French court in 2017, Jeanne Pouchain
[00:07.76]has spent the past four years trying to prove she is alive.
[00:14.08]French officials, however, disagree.
[00:17.80]"My name was Jeanne. It still is Jeanne,
[00:21.16]after I've been declared dead in 2017," said the 59-year old.
[00:28.44]She cries at times when explaining her story
[00:32.32]and what she plans for when she will officially be "alive" again.
[00:39.56]It all started, Pouchain said,
[00:41.96]when the family received a letter four years ago
[00:45.92]from a court saying mistakenly that she was dead.
[00:51.40]The letter also said she owed money that her husband had to pay.
[00:56.80]The letter was part of a legal process launched
[01:01.36]by a former employee of Pouchain's cleaning business.
[01:07.04]It has not been easy or quick to fix the mistake.
[01:12.92]Pouchain is unable to work and afraid to leave her house
[01:18.88]because she does not have an identification card
[01:24.00]or social security number.
[01:27.36]She lives as a recluse.
[01:32.08]Some of the family's belongings were taken by the courts
[01:36.80]and all their saved money has gone
[01:40.60]to trying to get things back to normal.
[01:44.72]"My life, well, it's nothing. I feel I'm of no use.
[01:50.44]I'm nothing and I'm of no use. And this is hard," Pouchain said.
[01:57.60]She spoke to Reuters in the house
[02:00.00]she shares with her husband Pierre-Jean
[02:03.28]in a small village near Lyon, in south-east France.
[02:09.40]Now, the courts are looking at her case again.
[02:13.52]Pouchain and her husband have begun to have some hope.
[02:18.40]But it will still take months.
[02:22.76]The courts must overturn their decision,
[02:25.80]and a judge must recognize officially
[02:30.04]that she is not dead and never was.
[02:35.28]She has great dreams for that day.
[02:38.96]"I know exactly what I will do...I will get a health check,
[02:44.12]because I know some things are wrong with my body," she said.
[02:50.20]She said that she could not see a doctor
[02:53.16]because she does not have a social security number.
[02:58.40]She has several health problems,
[03:01.40]including having lost most of her teeth.
[03:06.44]"I would so love to be able to bite into an apple...
[03:11.04]I would love to have teeth. I would be so happy,
[03:16.24]even if they were to give me two dentures,
[03:19.60]I would be happy to have teeth."
[03:23.44]Her other dream is simply to be able to enjoy life again,
[03:28.28]at home, with her husband, Pierre-Jean.
[03:32.60]He is sure things will be put right.
[03:35.84]"Hope is what makes us carry on," he said.
[03:39.56]"Eventually, the outcome will necessarily be in our favor."
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