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Showing 311320 of 7758 articles for Art. 10 nov. 1982

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Applications

Article 1078

The application shall mention, where applicable, the existence of a protection order concerning the spouses that is in force on the date it is submitted. The order, together with proof of its notifica…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: The civil register

Article 1060

The entry made in the margin of the birth record, of judgments which reject an application or terminate a measure appearing in the civil register, is automatically supplemented by the indication that…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Publication and proof of judgments

Article 1081

The operative part of the decision shall mention the date of the application for divorce.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: Judicial divorce by mutual consent

Article 1088

Divorce by mutual consent is a non-contentious matter.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III : Transcription and entry of decisions in civil status registers

Article 1056

The operative part of any decision ordered to be transcribed or entered in the civil status registers must state the forenames and surnames of the parties and, as the case may be, the place where the…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Amendment of ancillary measures

Article 1083

…under appeal, the modification of provisionally enforceable ancillary measures pursuant to Article 1074-1, in the event of the occurrence of a new fact, may only be requested, depending on the case,…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: The civil register

Article 1058

The extracts are filed and kept by the registry of the judicial court in whose jurisdiction the person concerned was born and by the central civil status department for persons born abroad..

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Presumption of absence

Article 1062

Applications relating to the presumption of absence shall be submitted to the guardianship judge exercising his functions at the judicial court within whose jurisdiction the person whose presumption o…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Presumption of absence

Article 1063

The application shall be made, investigated and judged in accordance with the rules applicable to guardianship of adults.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Declaration of absence

Article 1068

The time limit within which extracts from the judgment declaring absence must be published may not exceed six months from the pronouncement of that judgment; it shall be mentioned in the extracts subm…

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