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

Article 371-4

…prevent the exercise of this right.If it is in the child's interests, the family court judge shall determine the terms and conditions of relations between the child and a third party, whether a parent…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Educational assistance

Article 375-1

The children's judge has jurisdiction, subject to appeal, in all matters relating to educational assistance.He must always endeavour to obtain the family's support for the measure envisaged and decide…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Educational assistance

Article 375-6

Decisions taken in matters of educational assistance may, at any time, be amended or rescinded by the judge who made them either of his own motion or at the request of the father and mother jointly, o…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Educational assistance

Article 375-9

…5-3, to an establishment receiving people hospitalised due to mental disorders, is ordered after a detailed medical opinion from a doctor from outside the establishment, for a period of no more than f…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Delegation of parental authority

Article 377-1

The delegation, in whole or in part, of parental authority will result from the judgment handed down by the family affairs judge. However, the delegation judgment may provide, for the child's educatio…

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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
Chapter I: Parental authority over the person of the child

Article 371-5

…terests require another solution. Where appropriate, the judge will rule on personal relationships between brothers and sisters.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General principles.

Article 372-2

With regard to third parties acting in good faith, each parent is deemed to act with the agreement of the other when he or she alone performs a customary act of parental authority in relation to the p…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Exercise of parental authority by separated parents

Article 373-2

…rivate deed countersigned by lawyers filed with the minutes of a notary or a homologated agreement setting out the arrangements for the exercise of parental authority.The other parent must be informed…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Educational assistance

Article 375-2

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