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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to adults.

Article 1237

The judge's decision authorising, 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 administra…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Delegation, total and partial withdrawal of parental authority, judicial declaration of parental abandonment

Article 1202

Applications for total or partial withdrawal of parental authority are brought before the judicial court of the place where the ascendant against whom the action is brought resides.Applications for de…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Decisions of the guardianship judge

Article 1229

With the exception of cases where he orders an adversarial hearing pursuant to article 1213, the judge shall rule on requests sent to him or her after protection has been granted by the protected adul…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 4: The appeal.

Article 1243

Where the appellant restricts his appeal to one of the heads of the decision other than the pronouncement of protection, he shall specify this.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Examination of the application

Article 1220

…r her functions. The same rules apply to magistrates of the court of appeal in the event of an appeal.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Consultation of the file and issue of copies

Article 1223

The lawyer for the adult to be protected or protected, the minor or his parents may obtain copies of all or part of the documents in the case file. He may not communicate the copies thus obtained or t…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 6: Notifications

Article 1230

Any decision of the judge is notified, at the registry's behest, to the applicant, the person in charge of protection or the legal administrator and to all those whose rights or obligations resulting…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Delegation, total and partial withdrawal of parental authority, judicial declaration of parental abandonment

Article 1205

The court or judge, even of its own motion, shall carry out or cause to be carried out all useful investigations and in particular the information measures provided for in Article 1183. To this end, h…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Delegation, total and partial withdrawal of parental authority, judicial declaration of parental abandonment

Article 1207

For the duration of the proceedings, the court or judge may order any provisional measure relating to the exercise of parental authority.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Examination of the application

Article 1221

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