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Showing 521530 of 62366 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 1-3-1995 n° 147

French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Total or partial withdrawal of parental authority and withdrawal of the exercise of parental authority

Article 380-1

On pronouncing the total withdrawal of parental authority, the court hearing the case may rule on the change of the child's name, subject to the child's personal consent if he or she is over thirteen…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Parental authority over the person of the child

Article 371-1

Parental authority is a set of rights and duties with the interests of the child as their ultimate goal.It belongs to the parents until the child reaches majority or emancipation to protect the child'…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Total or partial withdrawal of parental authority and withdrawal of the exercise of parental authority

Article 379-1

The judgment may, instead of total withdrawal, simply order a partial withdrawal of parental authority, limited to the attributes it specifies, or a withdrawal of the exercise of parental authority. I…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Minority rights

Article 388-1

In any proceedings concerning him or her, a minor capable of discernment may, without prejudice to the provisions providing for his or her intervention or consent, be heard by the judge or, where his…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 5: Judicial declaration of parental abandonment

Article 381-1

A child shall be deemed to be neglected where his or her parents have not maintained with him or her the relations necessary for his or her upbringing or development during the year preceding the lodg…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Legal enjoyment

Article 386-1

Legal enjoyment is attached to legal administration: it belongs either to the parents jointly or to whichever of them is responsible for the administration.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle III: Victims' rights

Article 10-3

If the civil party does not understand the French language, he or she is entitled, at his or her request, to the assistance of an interpreter and to the translation, into a language that he or she und…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Judicial police officers

Article 16-3

The committee gives a reasoned decision. The hearing takes place and the decision is given in chambers. The debate is oral; the claimant may be heard in person at his request or that of his counsel; h…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 177-3

Where the civil party is a legal entity, the civil fine provided for in article 177-2 may be pronounced against its legal representative, if the latter's bad faith is established.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Judgment and minutes

Article 379-1

The minutes of the judgments handed down by the assize court are collected and deposited at the registry of the judicial court, the seat of the said court. However, the minutes of judgments handed dow…

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