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Showing 21–30 of 666 articles for “Art. 117 quater”
Where a writing is required for a contract to be valid, it may be drawn up and stored in electronic form under the conditions laid down in Articles 1366 and 1367 and, where an authentic instrument is…
The requirement to send several copies is deemed to have been met by electronic means if the written document can be printed by the recipient.
Contracts are in principle consensual. By way of exception, the validity of solemn contracts is subject to the observance of forms determined by law, failing which the contract is void, unless it can…
Nullity is absolute where the rule infringed has as its object the safeguarding of the general interest. It is relative where the rule infringed has as its sole object the safeguarding of a private in…
The court may, with the consent of the petitioner, grant a simple adoption, even if it is seised of a petition for full adoption.
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The court shall verify whether the legal conditions for adoption have been met within six months of either the filing of the application or its transmission in the case provided for in the second para…
Applications relating to the exercise of parental authority falling within the jurisdiction of the family court shall be formulated, investigated and judged in accordance with the rules laid down in C…
The case is heard and debated in chambers, after hearing the opinion of the public prosecutor.
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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