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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: EXCEPTIONAL ADMISSION TO STAY

Article L435-1

…be issued with a temporary residence permit bearing the words "employee", "temporary worker" or "private and family life", without the condition set out in article L. 412-1 being applicable. When the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: EXCEPTIONAL ADMISSION TO STAY

Article L435-3

In exceptional cases, foreign nationals who have been placed in the care of child welfare or a trustworthy third party between the ages of sixteen and eighteen and who can prove that they have been un…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: EXCEPTIONAL ADMISSION TO STAY

Article L435-2

…first paragraph of article L. 265-1 of the code de l'action sociale et des familles and who can provide proof of three years' uninterrupted employment with the latter, the real and serious nature of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Obligations arising from marriage

Article 203

The spouses contract together, by the mere fact of marriage, the obligation to feed, maintain and bring up their children.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Obligations arising from marriage

Article 206

…the spouse who produced the affinity and the children from his or her union with the other spouse have died.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Obligations arising from marriage

Article 208

…rtion to the need of the person claiming it, and the wealth of the person owing it. The judge may, even of his own motion, and according to the circumstances of the case, attach to the alimony a varia…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Obligations arising from marriage

Article 207

The obligations resulting from these provisions are reciprocal.Nonetheless, when the creditor has himself committed a serious breach of his obligations towards the debtor, the judge may discharge the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Obligations arising from marriage

Article 211

The family affairs judge will also rule on whether the father or mother who offers to receive, feed and maintain in his or her home, the child to whom he or she owes maintenance, should in this case b…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Obligations arising from marriage

Article 210

If the person who must provide maintenance justifies that he cannot pay the maintenance, the family affairs judge may, with full knowledge of the facts, order that he receive in his home, feed and mai…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Obligations arising from marriage

Article 209

When either the provider or the recipient of food is returned to such a state, that one can no longer provide it, or the other no longer needs it in whole or in part, discharge or reduction may be req…

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