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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Consent to adoption

Article 1165

The persons authorised to receive a consent to adoption must inform the person giving it of the possibility of withdrawing it and the procedures for withdrawal. The deed provided for in Article 348-3…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: The adoption procedure

Article 1167

Actions for the purposes of adoption fall within the scope of non-contentious matters.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Educational assistance

Article 1181

Educational assistance measures are taken by the children's judge of the place where one of the parents, the minor's guardian or the person or service to whom the child has been entrusted resides, as…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: The adoption procedure

Article 1168

The application is made by petition. If the person whose adoption is sought was taken into the applicant's home before the age of fifteen, the applicant may make the application himself by simple peti…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Educational assistance

Article 1185

The decision on the merits must be made within six months of the decision ordering the provisional measures, failing which the child will be returned to his parents, guardian, person or service to who…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Educational assistance

Article 1189

At the hearing, the judge hears the minor, his parents, guardian or the person or representative of the service to whom the child has been entrusted, as well as any other person whose testimony he dee…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Educational assistance

Article 1198

The judge may visit or have visited any minor who is the subject of a placement measure taken pursuant to articles 375-3 and 375-5 of the Civil Code.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Educational assistance

Article 1199

The judge may delegate jurisdiction to the judge of the place where the minor has been placed, either voluntarily or by court order, for the purpose of organising one of the measures provided for in a…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: The adoption procedure

Article 1175

Where appropriate, the court shall rule, in the same form, on the change of the adopted person's forenames and, in the case of simple adoption, on the adopted person's name.

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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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