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Showing 30313040 of 69024 articles for Art. L. 221-8 + Art. R. 221-30 à R. 221-37

French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Effects of full adoption

Article 370-1-4

The full adoption of the child of a spouse, partner bound by a civil solidarity pact or cohabitee leaves the child's original filiation with regard to that person and his or her family intact. For the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article 370-1-1

The adopter must be ten years older than the child he proposes to adopt. However, where the difference in age is less than that provided for in the preceding paragraph, the court may order the adoptio…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the family court

Article 373-2-9

In application of the two preceding articles, the child's residence may be fixed alternately at the domicile of each of the parents or at the domicile of one of them.At the request of one of the paren…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Search of the file and direct information to the Ministry of the Interior

Article R53-8-26

In application of Article 706-53-8, the file manager sends daily notices to the Ministry of the Interior of new entries, changes of address relating to an entry or failure to provide proof of address.…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Educational assistance

Article 375-4-1

When the children's judge orders an educational assistance measure pursuant to articles 375-2 to 375-4, it may propose a family mediation measure to the parents, unless violence against the other pare…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to the public fire and rescue establishment of Corsica

Article L1424-84

The fire and rescue services in Corsica may decide, by concordant deliberations of their board of directors, to create a Corsican public fire and rescue establishment.The provisions of section 5 of th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the family court

Article 373-2-10

In the event of disagreement, the judge shall endeavour to reconcile the parties.In order to facilitate the parents' search for a consensual exercise of parental authority, the judge may propose a med…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions required for simple adoption

Article 370-1-6

A child previously adopted by a single person, in the simple or plenary form, may be adopted a second time, by the other member of the couple, in the simple form.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Chairman of the hospital medical committee, vice-chairman of the hospital board

Article D6143-37-3

The time devoted to the duties of Chairman of the Institutional Medical Committee and Vice-Chairman of the Executive Board is included in the working hours of the practitioners concerned. A functional…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe à l'article D312-26

…tion document Presentation of financing proposals: revolving credit and amortising credit (Articles L. 312-62 and D. 312-26 of the French Consumer Code) For the purchase... [Specify the good(s) or ser…

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