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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-title IV: The judicial oath.

Article 320

The judgment ordering or refusing to order a decisive oath may be appealed independently of the decision on the merits.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title IX: Intervention.

Article 326

If the intervention risks excessively delaying the judgment on the whole, the judge shall first rule on the principal cause, unless he then rules on the intervention.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-title IV: The judicial oath.

Article 321

The oath is taken by the party in person and at the hearing. If the party proves that he is unable to travel, the oath may be taken either before a judge appointed for the purpose who shall travel, as…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Effects on French nationality of transfers of sovereignty relating to certain territories

Article 32

French nationals originating from the territory of the French Republic, as constituted on 28 July 1960, and who were domiciled on the day of its accession to independence in the territory of a State w…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Actions to establish parentage

Article 326

During childbirth, the mother may request that her admission and identity be kept secret.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Actions to establish parentage

Article 325

In the absence of a title and possession of status, the maternity search is admitted.The action is reserved for the child who is required to prove that he is the one from whom the alleged mother gave…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 321

Except where they are confined by law to a different time limit, actions relating to filiation are prescribed by ten years from the day on which the person was deprived of the status he or she claims,…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Actions to establish parentage

Article 328

The parent, even if a minor, in respect of whom filiation is established has, during the minority of the child, sole standing to bring an action to establish maternity or paternity. If no parent-child…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Actions to establish parentage

Article 327

Paternity outside marriage may be judicially declared. The action to establish paternity is reserved for the child.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 320

As long as it has not been contested in court, legally established filiation prevents the establishment of another filiation that would contradict it.

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