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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: The judge hearing the case.

Article 862

The judge hearing the case may hear the parties. He has the pre-trial powers provided for in Article 446-3.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: The judge hearing the case.

Article 868

The orders of the judge hearing the case are not subject to appeal independently of the judgment on the merits. However, they may be appealed, either in the cases and under the conditions provided for…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: The judge hearing the case.

Article 861-3

The judge responsible for hearing the case shall, where appropriate, organise exchanges between the parties appearing under the conditions and subject to the sanctions provided for in Article 446-2. H…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: The judge hearing the case.

Article 866

The measures taken by the judge hearing the case shall be the subject of a simple mention in the file: notice thereof shall be given to the parties. However, in the cases provided for in the previous…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: The judge hearing the case.

Article 870

At the request of the president of the panel, the judge in charge of hearing the case makes an oral report of the case at the hearing before the oral arguments. This report may also be made by the cha…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Procedures relating to first names

Article 1055-3

Claims made pursuant to the provisions of the third paragraph of article 57 and the last paragraph of article 60 of the Civil Code obey the rules of ordinary written procedure applicable before the ju…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Procedures relating to first names

Article 1055-1

The public prosecutor with territorial jurisdiction to challenge before the family court the first name or names chosen by the parents, pursuant to the third paragraph of article 57 of the Civil Code,…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Procedures relating to first names

Article 1055-4

The operative part of the decision ordering the change of forename is forwarded without delay by the public prosecutor to the civil registrar holding the interested party's civil status records, in th…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Procedures relating to first names

Article 1055-2

Where the public prosecutor opposes the change of first name pursuant to the provisions of the last paragraph of article 60 of the Civil Code, the claim is brought against him before the family affair…

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

Article 1103

The time limit for appealing to the Court of Cassation is fifteen days from the delivery of the decision homologating the spouses' agreement and pronouncing the divorce.

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