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Showing 31–40 of 3278 articles for “Art. 35 bis”
In the case of the adoption of a ward of the State or a foreign child who is not the child of the adopter's spouse, partner bound by a civil solidarity pact or cohabiting partner, the court shall chec…
The court pronounces a full adoption or a simple adoption. The adoption takes effect from the day on which the adoption petition is filed.
Plenary adoption confers on the child a filiation that replaces his or her original filiation: the adopted child ceases to belong to his or her original family, subject to the prohibitions on marriage…
The adoption is irrevocable.
The court may order the adoption, if it is in the interests of the adopted person, of a minor over the age of thirteen or of a protected adult of full age, both of whom are unable to give their person…
With the exception of its last paragraph, Article 357 is applicable to a child who has been the subject of an adoption duly pronounced abroad having in France the effects of a full adoption.The adopte…
Plenary adoption confers on the child the name of the adopter.In the event of the adoption of a child by a couple, or the adopters choose, by joint declaration, the surname devolving on the child: eit…
The public prosecutor ensures that criminal law is applied throughout the jurisdiction of the court of appeal and that the public prosecutor's offices within its jurisdiction operate smoothly. He lead…
If a contentious incident arises in relation to the questions, the court shall rule in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 316.
Each of the magistrates and jurors is given, for this purpose, an open ballot paper, marked with the stamp of the Assize Court and bearing these words: "On my honour and in my conscience, my declarati…
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