French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: The adoption procedure
Article 1169
The application must specify whether the application is for a full adoption or a simple adoption.
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The application must specify whether the application is for a full adoption or a simple adoption.
The application for adoption is brought before the judicial court.The competent court is:- the court of the place where the applicant lives when the applicant lives in France;- the court of the place…
The court shall verify whether the legal conditions for adoption have been met within six months of either the filing of the application or its transmission in the case provided for in the second para…
The case is heard and debated in chambers, after hearing the opinion of the public prosecutor.
Actions for the purposes of adoption fall within the scope of non-contentious matters.
The application is made by petition. If the person whose adoption is sought was taken into the applicant's home before the age of fifteen, the applicant may make the application himself by simple peti…
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.
Appeals are open to the public prosecutor.
The judgment is delivered in open court. Its operative part specifies whether it is a full adoption or a simple adoption and contains the particulars prescribed by article 1056. It also contains, wher…
…s distributed within the jurisdiction of the competent court. The court rules on the application, after receiving the opinion of the public prosecutor, four months after the publicity provided for in…
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