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Showing 951–960 of 24307 articles for “Art. 4 janv. 2023”
A judgment which, in its operative part, merely orders an investigative measure or a provisional measure does not have the authority of res judicata in the main proceedings.
The judge who refuses to judge, on the pretext of the silence, obscurity or inadequacy of the law, may be prosecuted as guilty of denial of justice.
…ithin three days.The civil registrars of the communes referred to in the third paragraph of Article 40 are exempt from sending notice of the mention to the registry.
Any civil status record of French nationals and foreigners made in a foreign country and drawn up in the forms customary in that country is authentic, unless other records or documents held, external…
Civil status records are drawn up on paper and are entered, in each municipality, in one or more registers kept in duplicate. When they have implemented automated processing of civil status data, the…
…he civil status data is kept by automated processing satisfying the conditions laid down in Article 40 and implemented by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which may issue copies and extracts.
The guardian is appointed for the duration of the guardianship.
The tutor takes care of the minor's person and represents him in all acts of civil life, except in cases in which the law or custom authorises the minor to act himself. He represents the minor in cour…
Where the fault causing the damage was committed in the organisation and operation of the protection measure by the guardianship judge, the director of the judicial registry services of the judicial c…
The person responsible for the protective measure may not close any accounts or passbooks opened in the name of the protected person before the measure was pronounced. Nor may he or she open another a…
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