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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Adoption judgment

Article 353-2

Third-party proceedings against the adoption judgment are admissible only in the event of fraud or deceit attributable to the adopters or to the spouse, partner bound by a civil solidarity pact or coh…

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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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Paragraphe 1 : Du divorce par consentement mutuel par acte sous signature privée contresigné par avocats, déposé au rang des minutes d'un notaire

Article 229-4

…lawyer shall send the spouse he or she is assisting, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, a draft agreement, which may not be signed, on pain of nullity, before the expiry of a period…

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Section 3: Rules governing the devolution of surnames and customary names

Article 311-21

…names together in the order chosen by them, subject to a limit of one surname for each. In the absence of a joint declaration to the civil registrar mentioning the child's choice of surname, the child…

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Paragraphe 1 : Du divorce par consentement mutuel par acte sous signature privée contresigné par avocats, déposé au rang des minutes d'un notaire

Article 229-1

…provided for in article 229-4. This filing gives effect to the agreement by conferring on it a date certain and enforceability.

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Section 3: Rules governing the devolution of surnames and customary names

Article 311-23

…ame of the parent in respect of whom the parent-child relationship was established in the second place, or to combine their two surnames, in the order chosen by them, up to a maximum of one surname fo…

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Paragraph 3: Evidence.

Article 259-1

A spouse may not introduce into the proceedings evidence obtained by violence or fraud.

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Section 1: Cases and procedure for legal separation

Article 297-1

When an application for divorce and an application for legal separation are lodged concurrently, the judge first examines the application for divorce. He pronounces the latter as soon as the condition…

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Chapter VI: Respective rights and duties of spouses

Article 220-1

…ration of the measures taken pursuant to this article must be determined by the judge and may not exceed three years, including any extension.

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Chapter VI: Respective rights and duties of spouses

Article 220-3

…re voidable, at the request of the requesting spouse, all acts performed in violation of the ordinance, if they were performed with a third party in bad faith, or even in the case of property the alie…

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