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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to minors and adults

Article 1234-3

The family council may only deliberate if at least half of its members are present. If this number is not reached, the judge may either adjourn the meeting or take the decision himself in an emergency…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 4: The appeal.

Article 1243-1

The court clerk notifies the public prosecutor of appeals lodged in matters relating to the legal protection of adults, except where the latter is the appellant. Before the Court of Appeal, cases rela…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to minors and adults.

Article 1253

The property inventory operations provided for in article 503 of the Civil Code are carried out in the presence of the protected person, if their state of health or age allows, their lawyer, if applic…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Exercise of parental authority over the person of the child

Article 1180-5

Where, when ruling on rights of access and accommodation, either provisionally or on the merits, the judge decides that the right of access or the delivery of the child will be exercised in a meeting…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 1: The application

Article 1180-7

The matter is referred to the judge by petition delivered or addressed to the registry of the judicial court. The application shall state, on pain of nullity, the surname, forenames and address of the…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 3: Consultation of the file and issue of copies

Article 1180-13

The lawyer for the minor or the minor's parents may obtain copies of all or part of the documents in the case file. He may not communicate the copies thus obtained or their reproduction to the minor o…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 5: Notifications and copies of decisions

Article 1180-16

Any decision of the judge is notified, at the registry's behest, to the applicant, the parents and, where applicable, the ad hoc administrator.A minor who has reached the age of sixteen is notified of…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Educational assistance

Article 1184

The provisional measures provided for in the first paragraph of article 375-5 of the Civil Code, as well as the information measures provided for in article 1183 of this code, may only be taken, excep…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Educational assistance

Article 1190

…has been entrusted, as well as to the minor's counsel if one has been appointed. The operative part of the decision is notified to the minor over the age of sixteen unless his or her condition does no…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Educational assistance

Article 1200

In the application of educational assistance, account must be taken of the religious or philosophical convictions of the minor and his or her family.

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