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Showing 251260 of 57821 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 3-2-2010 n° 08-21.333

French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Consent to adoption

Article 348-2

When the child's parents are deceased, unable to express their wishes or have lost their rights of parental authority, consent is given by the family council, after consulting the person who, in fact,…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 249-3

If an application for a legal protection measure has been filed or is pending, the divorce application may not be examined until after the judgment ruling on the implementation of such a protection me…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Respective rights and duties of spouses

Article 220-3

Are voidable, at the request of the requesting spouse, all acts performed in violation of the ordinance, if they were performed with a third party in bad faith, or even in the case of property the ali…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Placement with a view to adoption

Article 352-2

Placement with a view to full adoption precludes any return of the child to his or her family of origin. It defeats any declaration of filiation and any recognition.If the placement with a view to ado…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 310-2

If there exists between the father and mother of the child any of the impediments to marriage provided for by articles 161 and 162 on the grounds of parentage, parentage having already been establishe…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Action for subsidies

Article 342-2

Subsidies are settled, in the form of a pension, according to the needs of the child, the resources of the debtor, the family situation of the latter. The pension may be due beyond the majority of the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General principles.

Article 372-2

With regard to third parties acting in good faith, each parent is deemed to act with the agreement of the other when he or she alone performs a customary act of parental authority in relation to the p…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Total or partial withdrawal of parental authority and withdrawal of the exercise of parental authority

Article 378-2

The exercise of parental authority and visiting and accommodation rights of a parent prosecuted or convicted, even if not definitively, for a crime committed against the other parent are suspended ips…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Parental authority over the person of the child

Article 371-2

Each parent contributes to the maintenance and education of the children in proportion to his or her resources, those of the other parent, and the needs of the child.This obligation does not cease ips…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Judicial autopsies

Article 230-30

When the biological samples taken during a judicial autopsy are no longer necessary to establish the truth, the competent judicial authority may order their destruction. Destruction is carried out in…

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