Article 21-5
A marriage declared null and void by a decision of a French court or a foreign court whose authority is recognised in France does not render null and void the declaration provided for in article 21-2…
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A marriage declared null and void by a decision of a French court or a foreign court whose authority is recognised in France does not render null and void the declaration provided for in article 21-2…
Subject to the provisions of the second paragraph (1°) of article 23-9, declarations of nationality, once they have been registered, take effect on the date on which they were made.
In the event of marriage to a foreign national, the French spouse may renounce French nationality in accordance with the provisions of articles 26 et seq on condition that he has acquired the foreign…
Judgments and rulings handed down in matters of French nationality by the ordinary law judge have effect even with regard to those who were neither parties nor represented. Any interested party is, ho…
The declaration of reinstatement provided for in the preceding article may be made by the persons concerned, in accordance with the provisions of articles 26 et seq. as soon as they have reached the a…
When the civil registrar of the place of birth of a child mentions the recognition of the said child in the margin of the child's birth certificate, he shall notify the other parent by registered lett…
In order to be enforceable against third parties in France, the marriage record of a French national celebrated by a foreign authority must be transcribed into French civil status registers. In the ab…
Any person of full age or an emancipated minor who demonstrates by a sufficient combination of facts that the entry relating to his or her sex in the civil status records does not correspond to the se…
Consent to adoption may be withdrawn for two months.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…
When the acknowledgement is registered, its effects for the application of articles 311-21 or 311-23 date back to the date of referral to the public prosecutor.
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