French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Introductory provisions
Article 1104
Contracts must be negotiated, formed and performed in good faith. This provision is of public order.
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Contracts must be negotiated, formed and performed in good faith. This provision is of public order.
…act, to choose their co-contractor and to determine the content and form of the contract within the limits set by law. Freedom of contract does not permit derogation from rules of interest to public p…
A contract is consensual when it is formed by the mere exchange of consents whatever the mode of expression. A contract is solemn when its validity is subject to forms determined by law. A contract is…
The fixed procedural fee referred to in 2° of Article 1018 A, payable for decisions rendered pursuant to the article 778 of the code of criminal procedure, for the rectification of entries made in cri…
The costs of proceedings for revision of criminal and correctional trials, made after the admissibility judgment, are advanced by the Treasury. If the final revision judgment or ruling pronounces a co…
The time limit for appealing to the Court of Cassation is fifteen days from the delivery of the decision homologating the spouses' agreement and pronouncing the divorce.
The costs of the proceedings shall be shared equally between the spouses. However, their agreement may provide otherwise subject to the application of provisions of article 123 of decree no. 2020-1717…
If the agreement appears to him or her to insufficiently safeguard the interests of the children or of one of the spouses, the judge may refuse to homologate it, not grant the divorce and adjourn his…
Decisions by the family court judge may be appealed, with the exception of those granting a divorce. The time limit for appeal is fifteen days; it runs from the date of the decision.
The creditors of either spouse may have the homologated agreement declared unenforceable against them by lodging third-party proceedings against the homologation decision within one year of completion…
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