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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 6: Guardianship.

Article 1256

Where the medical certificate described by article 431 of the Civil Code and the medical opinion referred to in articles 426 and 432 of the same code are requested by the public prosecutor or ordered…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 6: Guardianship.

Article 1255

The early appointment of a curator or guardian provided for by

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 2: Proceedings before the guardianship judge

Article 1219

…for assistance or representation of the adult of full age in the acts of civil life, both property and personal.The certificate indicates whether the hearing of the person of full age is likely to be…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 2: Proceedings before the guardianship judge

Article 1225

…need to proceed with the hearing pursuant to the provisions of the second paragraph of article 432 and the first paragraph of Article 494-4 of the Civil Code, to the person responsible for protection…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 3: The family council

Article 1236

Prior to a meeting of a minor's family council, the judge shall hear the minor, or have the minor heard, if the minor is capable of discernment, under the conditions provided for in article 388-1 of t…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 3: The family council

Article 1237

…ing, in accordance with the provisions of article 457 of the Civil Code, the family council to meet and deliberate without its presence is a measure of judicial administration. The members of the fami…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 2: Proceedings before the guardianship judge

Article 1218

…ficate provided for in article 431 of the Civil Code; 2° The identity of the person to be protected and a statement of the facts requiring this protection under articles 428 and 494-1 du même code.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 2: Proceedings before the guardianship judge

Article 1217

Outside the cases provided for in articles 390,391,442,485 and in the third paragraph of Article 494-3 of the Civil Code, the court shall be seised by application delivered or addressed to the registr…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 3: The family council

Article 1238

…days of it, by application to the judge. In all cases, the judge, by the same order, shall convene and convene within one month the family council, which he then chairs, for further deliberation on t…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 2: Proceedings before the guardianship judge

Article 1227

An application for the protection of a person of full age lapses if the guardianship judge has not given a ruling on it within the year in which it was referred to him or her.

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