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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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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 1071

The role of the family affairs judge is to attempt to reconcile the parties. If a dispute is referred to him, he may propose a mediation measure and, after obtaining the agreement of the parties, appo…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 1073

The family court judge shall, where appropriate, be the pre-trial judge.He shall perform the functions of an interim relief judge.In the cases provided for by law or regulation, he shall rule in accor…

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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

…t shall rule on appeals against provisional placement decisions made by the juvenile judge pursuant to the provisions of article 375-5 of the Civil Code within three months of the declaration of appea…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Educational assistance

Article 1196

The cassation appeal is open to the public prosecutor.

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