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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II ter : Procedure for protective measures for victims of violence

Article 1136-10

The administrative authority, requested by the court clerk to notify the order setting the date of the hearing or the protection order by administrative means, shall do so by delivery against receipt.…

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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 1136-17

The decision ordering the wearing of a mobile electronic anti-collision device sets out the duration of the measure and the conditions for its implementation, in particular the pre-alert and alert dis…

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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 1136-19

Before consenting to the wearing of a mobile anti-attachment device, the parties shall receive the following information from the family court judge: 1° The defendant's refusal to fit the anti-attachm…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IIa: The operation, liquidation and division of matrimonial property regimes and joint ownership between persons bound by a civil solidarity pact or between cohabitees

Article 1136-2

The provisions of Section VI of Chapter II of Title III of Book III are, subject to the provisions of Article 267 of the Civil Code, applicable to the division of the property interests of spouses, pe…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Family proceedings

Article 1136-15

When the judge rejects the application for a protection order, he may nevertheless, if the urgency justifies it and if one or other of the parties has so requested, refer the parties to a hearing, the…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter Va: Divorce and legal separation by mutual consent by private deed countersigned by lawyers and filed with a notary

Article 1144-3

The divorce agreement specifies the value of the property or rights awarded as compensatory allowance. Where these are subject to land registration, the award is made by deed drawn up in notarial form…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter Va: Divorce and legal separation by mutual consent by private deed countersigned by lawyers and filed with a notary

Article 1144-4

The divorce agreement that fixes alimony or compensatory allowance in the form of a life annuity sets out the collection procedures and the rules for revising the claim, as well as the criminal penalt…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 1149-1

Where, in the case of a change of filiation, the child of full age consents to the change of his or her name, this consent is received by a civil registrar, a notary, a French diplomatic or consular a…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Family proceedings

Article 1136-9

The order shall be notified by service, unless the judge, either of his own motion or at the request of a party, decides that it shall be notified by the registry by registered letter with acknowledge…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Provisions specific to divorce on grounds of permanent impairment of the marriage bond

Article 1126-1

Where the application for divorce is based on the definitive alteration of the marriage bond under the conditions provided for in article 238, paragraph 2, of the Civil Code, the decision ruling on th…

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