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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Applications for nullity of marriage

Article 191

Any marriage which has not been contracted publicly, and which has not been celebrated before the competent public officer, may be contested, within a period of thirty years from its celebration, by t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Applications for nullity of marriage

Article 193

The penalties imposed by the preceding article will be incurred by the persons designated therein, for any contravention of the rules prescribed by article 165, even if such contraventions are not dee…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Applications for nullity of marriage

Article 187

…ty may be brought by all those who have an interest in it; it may not be brought by collateral relatives, or by children born of another marriage, during the lifetime of both spouses, but only where t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Applications for nullity of marriage

Article 197

If, however, in the case of articles 194 and 195, there are children from two individuals who have lived publicly as husband and wife, and who are both deceased, the legitimacy of the children cannot…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Applications for nullity of marriage

Article 200

If the public official has died when the fraud is discovered, the civil action will be brought against his heirs, by the public prosecutor, in the presence of the interested parties, and on their denu…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Applications for nullity of marriage

Article 202

…ood faith. The judge rules on the terms and conditions of the exercise of parental authority as in divorce matters.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Applications for nullity of marriage

Article 181

…se of the preceding article, the application for nullity is no longer admissible after a period of five years from the marriage.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Applications for nullity of marriage

Article 189

If the new spouses oppose the nullity of the first marriage, the validity or nullity of this marriage must be judged beforehand.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Applications for nullity of marriage

Article 195

Possession of status may not exempt the alleged spouses who invoke it, respectively, from representing the act of celebration of the marriage before the civil registrar.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Applications for nullity of marriage

Article 198

…f the marriage is acquired by the result of criminal proceedings, the entry of the judgment in the civil status registers ensures that the marriage has full civil effects from the day of its celebrati…

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