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Showing 261270 of 6040 articles for Art. 11 déc. 1996

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection IV: Legal separation

Article 1130

The declaration of resumption of cohabitation is entered in the margin of the marriage certificate and the birth certificate of each of the spouses. The same entries are made at the request of the not…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection V: Divorce on conversion of legal separation

Article 1136

The costs of the conversion proceedings shall be apportioned in the same way as those of the legal separation proceedings. The costs relating to the appeal proceedings shall be treated as those of new…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Provisions specific to divorce on grounds of permanent impairment of the marriage bond

Article 1126

Subject to the provisions of Article 472, the court may not raise of its own motion the plea that the one-year period provided for in the first paragraph of article 238 of the Civil Code.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 6: Provisions specific to fault-based divorce

Article 1128

A request that the family court judge be dispensed from stating the wrongs and grievances of the spouses in the grounds of his or her decision must be expressly and concordantly formulated in the subm…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: The adoption procedure

Article 1173

The court may, with the consent of the petitioner, grant a simple adoption, even if it is seised of a petition for full adoption.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: The adoption procedure

Article 1169

The application must specify whether the application is for a full adoption or a simple adoption.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: The adoption procedure

Article 1166

The application for adoption is brought before the judicial court.The competent court is:- the court of the place where the applicant lives when the applicant lives in France;- the court of the place…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Educational assistance

Article 1183

The judge may, either of his own motion or at the request of the parties or the public prosecutor, order any measure of information concerning the personality and living conditions of the minor and hi…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Educational assistance

Article 1192

The appeal is lodged in accordance with the rules laid down in articles 931 to 934. The court clerk notifies, by simple letter, those parents, guardians, persons or services to whom the child has been…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Educational assistance

Article 1193

The appeal is heard and judged by priority in chambers by the chamber of the court of appeal responsible for juvenile cases following the procedure applicable before the juvenile court judge. The cour…

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