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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Staff transfers

Article L1424-16

Administrative, technical and specialist staff from the territorial civil service who are not professional firefighters and who participate in the operation of fire and rescue centres under the author…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Staff transfers

Article L1424-13

Professional firefighters who, on the date of promulgation of the loi n° 96-369 du 3 mai 1996 relative aux services d'incendie et de secours, are under the authority of a communal or inter-communal bo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L1614-1

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article 265-1

Divorce does not affect the rights that either spouse has under the law or under agreements with third parties.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The adopter

Article 343-1

Adoption may also be applied for by any person over the age of twenty-six.If the adopter is married and not legally separated or bound by a civil solidarity pact, the consent of the other member of th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 318-1

The judicial court, ruling in civil matters, has sole jurisdiction to hear actions relating to filiation.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article 370-1

The adoption of the child of the other member of the couple is not subject to an age condition for the adopter.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General principles.

Article 373-1

If one of the father and mother dies or is deprived of the exercise of parental authority, the other shall exercise this authority alone, unless he or she has been deprived of it by a previous court d…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Legal administration

Article 382-1

Where legal administration is exercised jointly by the two parents, each of them is deemed, with regard to third parties, to have received from the other the power to carry out alone acts of administr…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article 477-1

The future protection mandate is published by an entry in a special register, the procedures and access to which are regulated by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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