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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions.

Article 1013

In addition to the cases in which the Chamber rules in restricted formation, the President may, in particular when the complexity of the case justifies it, appoint two rapporteurs from among the counc…

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

Article 1099

On the appointed day, the judge proceeds in accordance with the procedures set out in articles 250 to 250-3 of the Civil Code; it verifies the admissibility of the application; it ensures that the spo…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Gifts made by marriage contract to the spouses and to unborn children of the marriage.

Article 1086

A gift by marriage contract in favour of the spouses and the unborn children of their marriage may still be made, on condition of paying indiscriminately all the debts and charges of the donor's estat…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 1072

Without prejudice to any other investigative measure and subject to the provisions of the third paragraph of article 373-2-12 of the Civil Code, the judge may, even of his own motion, order a social e…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions.

Article 1015

…l notify the parties and invite them to submit their observations within the time limit they shall set.The same shall apply where it is intended to rule on the merits after a case has been quashed. In…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 1070

The family affairs judge with territorial jurisdiction is:- the judge of the place where the family residence is located;- if the parents live separately, the judge of the place of residence of the pa…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Universal legacies.

Article 1007

…all immediately draw up a report of the opening and condition of the will, specifying the circumstances of the deposit. In the case provided for in article 1006, the notary shall verify the conditions…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Administrative rectification and cancellation

Article 1047

The purely material errors or omissions which, pursuant to Article 99-1 of the Civil Code, may be rectified by the civil registrar, are: 1° An error or omission in a civil status record, proof of whic…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Social assistance

Article 1066

I. - Subject to the provisions of article 1020 and in accordance with the second paragraph of article L. 132-11 of the Social Action and Family Code, acts performed and decisions made in connection wi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
6°: Indigents

Article 1072

Extracts from civil status registers, acts of notoriety, consent, publications, family council deliberations, notification, where applicable, dispensations on the grounds of parentage, alliance or age…

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