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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Declaration of absence

Article 1068

The time limit within which extracts from the judgment declaring absence must be published may not exceed six months from the pronouncement of that judgment; it shall be mentioned in the extracts subm…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 1071

The role of the family affairs judge is to attempt to reconcile the parties. If a dispute is referred to him, he may propose a mediation measure and, after obtaining the agreement of the parties, appo…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 1074-4

I.-Within a period of six weeks from notification of the decision to the parties, the court registry shall send to the body responsible for paying family benefits, as appropriate: 1° Either an enforce…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: The application and the divorce proceedings

Article 1106

Subject to the rules laid down in the first two sections of this chapter, proceedings shall be brought, heard and determined in accordance with the ordinary written procedure applicable before the jud…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Interim measures

Article 1118

If a new fact arises, the judge may, until the court relinquishes jurisdiction, cancel, modify or supplement the provisional measures he has prescribed.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection IV: Legal separation

Article 1130

The declaration of resumption of cohabitation is entered in the margin of the marriage certificate and the birth certificate of each of the spouses. The same entries are made at the request of the not…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection V: Divorce on conversion of legal separation

Article 1136

The costs of the conversion proceedings shall be apportioned in the same way as those of the legal separation proceedings. The costs relating to the appeal proceedings shall be treated as those of new…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IIc : Mobile electronic anti-seizure devices for the protection of victims of violence

Article 1136-18

The family court judge who orders the wearing of the mobile electronic anti-seizure device sets its duration, up to a maximum of six months, depending on the circumstances of the case and the need for…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 1073

…family court judge shall, where appropriate, be the pre-trial judge.He shall perform the functions of an interim relief judge.In the cases provided for by law or regulation, he shall rule in accordan…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Compensatory allowance

Article 1079

…where failure to enforce would have manifestly excessive consequences for the creditor in the event of an appeal against the compensatory allowance when the divorce decree has acquired the force of re…

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