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Showing 221–230 of 36711 articles for “Art. L. 145-47”
If the defendant does not appear, the case is nevertheless decided on the merits. The judge shall grant the claim only to the extent that he considers it to be regular, admissible and well founded.
A judgment rendered by default may be opposed, except where this remedy is excluded by an express provision.
When the defendant does not appear, the judgment is rendered by default if the decision is final and if the summons was not delivered in person.The judgment is deemed to be contradictory when the deci…
If none of the parties completes the procedural acts within the required time limits, the judge may, of his own motion, strike out the case by a decision not subject to appeal after a final notice add…
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…
The person under tutorship may, with the authorisation of the judge or the family council if it has been constituted, be assisted or, if necessary, represented by the tutor to make donations. He may o…
The person under curatorship may freely test subject to the provisions of article 901. She may only make gifts with the assistance of the curator. The curator is deemed to be in opposition of interest…
The judge may also, at any time, order enhanced guardianship. In this case, the curator alone collects the income of the person under curatorship from an account opened in the latter's name. He pays t…
Subject to cases where the law or custom authorises the person under guardianship to act himself, the guardian represents him in all acts of civil life. However, the judge may, in the opening judgment…
The person under guardianship is represented in court by the guardian. The latter may act, as plaintiff or defendant, to assert the extra-patrimonial rights of the protected person only with the autho…
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