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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Proceedings with compulsory representation.

Article 912

The Conseiller de la mise en status examines the case within fifteen days of the expiry of the time limits for closing and communicating exhibits. He sets the date for closure and the date for oral ar…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Proceedings without mandatory representation.

Article 989

Where the statement of appeal does not contain a statement, even a summary statement, of the grounds of appeal against the contested decision, the appellant must, on pain of forfeiture established by…

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

Article 1091

On pain of inadmissibility, the petition shall include in its appendix, where applicable, the information form of the minor child requesting to be heard dated and signed by him or her as well as an ag…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: The civil register

Article 1059

Publicity of applications, acts and judgments is effected by an entry in the margin of the birth record of the person concerned. This entry is made at the behest of the clerk of the judicial court or,…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Family proceedings

Article 1136-12

An application for the protection order to be lifted or modified or for temporary dispensation from certain of its obligations, as well as an application for the order to be revoked or for new measure…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Consultation of the file and issue of copies

Article 1222-1

At any time during the proceedings, the file may be consulted at the clerk's office of the court holding it, upon written request and without any restriction other than the needs of the service, by th…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 1a: Information sent to the public prosecutor prior to referral to the guardianship judge

Article 1216-2

The application shall also contain, where known and useful, the following information, specifying how it was gathered: - the composition of the family of the person to be protected, their living condi…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Unsealing.

Article 1317

The applicant submits to the bailiff a list of the persons who are to be called to the unsealing, including those who had requested the affixing and the persons who are to be called to the inventory p…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Sale of real estate and businesses belonging to minors under guardianship or adults under guardianship.

Article 1278

The provisions of R. 322-59, R. 322-66 to R. 322-72 of the code des procédures civiles d'exécution. However, when received by a notary, auctions may be conducted without the assistance of a lawyer. In…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: The arbitration agreement.

Article 1449

The existence of an arbitration agreement shall not prevent a party, as long as the arbitral tribunal has not been constituted, from bringing an action before a State court for the purpose of obtainin…

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