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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter VIII: Adoption

Article 1175

Where appropriate, the court shall rule, in the same form, on the change of the adopted person's forenames and, in the case of simple adoption, on the adopted person's name.

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VII: Commercial jurisdictions and the organisation of commerce.

Article Annexe 7-6

I. - Civil lawPersons: law of persons; enjoyment and deprivation of civil rights.The family: minority; guardianship and emancipation; protected adults.Property: movable and immovable property; inherit…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Presumption of absence

Article 116

If the presumed absent person is called to a partition, it may be made amicably. In the event of conflicting interests between the representative and the presumed absent person, the guardianship judge…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Family proceedings

Article 1137

The judge is seised by a summons to a hearing date communicated to the applicant in accordance with the procedures defined by article 751. In a duly justified case of urgency, the family court, on rec…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter X: Legal protection of minors and adults

Article 1259

The restoration of the protected person's personal faculties is established by a medical certificate no more than two months old, issued by a doctor chosen from the list mentioned in article 431 of th…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IX: Parental authority

Article 1181

Educational assistance measures are taken by the children's judge of the place where one of the parents, the minor's guardian or the person or service to whom the child has been entrusted resides, as…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capacity

Article 1145

Any natural person may contract except in the case of incapacity provided for by law.The capacity of legal persons is limited by the rules applicable to each of them.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Referral by the Cour de cassation of the priority question of constitutionality to the Conseil constitutionnel

Article 126-10

…titutionality is raised on appeal, the separate pleading provided for in article 23-5 of Ordonnance n° 58-1067 of 7 November 1958 shall bear the words: "question prioritaire de constitutionnalité". Th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IX: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 1125

The filing of deeds and documents required to reconstitute mortgage documentation destroyed by a case of force majeure is exempt from all duties and taxes, as well as from the contribution provided fo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Remuneration of the administrator, the administrator responsible for the implementation of the plan, the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article A663-12

The fee provided for in Article R. 663-12 in respect of the increase in own funds provided for by the safeguard or recovery plan (number 10 of table 4-1) is set in proportion to the amount of this inc…

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