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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Consent to adoption

Article 348-5

Consent to adoption may be withdrawn for two months. The withdrawal must be made by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt addressed to the person or service that received the consent to ad…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Divorce for fault

Article 242

Divorce may be sought by either spouse where acts constituting a serious or repeated breach of the duties and obligations of marriage are attributable to his or her spouse and make it intolerable to c…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Divorce for fault

Article 246

If an application for definitive alteration of the marriage bond and an application for fault are made concurrently, the judge shall examine the application for fault first.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Consent to adoption

Article 348-1

When a child's filiation is established with regard to only one of its parents, that parent alone must consent to the adoption.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Divorce for fault

Article 245

The faults of the spouse who initiated the divorce do not prevent his or her application from being examined; they may, however, remove from the facts of which he or she accuses his or her spouse the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Consent to adoption

Article 348-2

When the child's parents are deceased, unable to express their wishes or have lost their rights of parental authority, consent is given by the family council, after consulting the person who, in fact,…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Consent to adoption

Article 348-6

When the parents, one of them or the family council consents to the admission of the child as a ward of the State by handing it over to the child welfare service, the choice of adopter is left to the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Consent to adoption

Article 349

…This consent is given in accordance with the forms provided for in the second paragraph of article 348-3. It may be withdrawn at any time until the adoption is granted.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Divorce for fault

Article 245-1

At the request of the spouses, the judge may confine himself or herself to stating in the grounds of the judgment that there are facts constituting grounds for divorce, without having to set out the p…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Consent to adoption

Article 348-3

Consent to adoption must be free, obtained without any consideration after the birth of the child and informed about the consequences of adoption, in particular if it is given with a view to full adop…

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