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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Civil solidarity pacts

Article 515-2

On pain of nullity, there may be no civil solidarity pact: 1° Between ascendants and descendants in the direct line, between relatives in the direct line and between collaterals up to and including th…

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Paragraph 3: Acts that the tutor may not perform

Article 509

The guardian may not, even with authorisation: 1° Perform acts which involve a gratuitous alienation of the property or rights of the protected person except as stated in relation to gifts, such as th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article 483

An executed mandate terminates by:1° The restoration of the personal faculties of the person concerned established at the request of the principal or the agent, in the forms provided for in article 48…

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Title: XIV: Measures to protect victims of violence

Article 515-13

…be issued urgently by the judge to an adult threatened with forced marriage, under the conditions set out in Article 515-10.The judge is competent to take the measures mentioned in 1°, 2°, 2° bis, 6°…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Civil solidarity pacts

Article 515-5-2

However, the exclusive property of each partner remains: 1° Money received by each of the partners, in any capacity whatsoever, subsequent to the conclusion of the pact and not used to acquire propert…

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Title: XIV: Measures to protect victims of violence

Article 515-11

…protection order is issued by the family affairs judge, within a maximum of six days from the date set for the hearing, if he or she considers, on the basis of the evidence presented before him or her…

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Section 6: Family habilitation

Article 494-11

…an the death of the person in respect of whom family habilitation has been issued, it is terminated:1° By the person concerned being placed under legal protection, curatorship or guardianship;2° In th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Regularity of acts

Article 465

…person or by the person entrusted with his protection is sanctioned under the following conditions: 1° If the protected person has performed alone an act that he or she could have performed without th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the family court

Article 373-2-11

…g how parental authority is to be exercised, the judge shall in particular take into consideration: 1° The practice previously followed by the parents or any agreements they may have previously entere…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Legal enjoyment

Article 386-3

The charges for this enjoyment are:1° Those to which usufructuaries are liable;2° The child's food, maintenance and education, according to his wealth;3° The debts encumbering the estate received by t…

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