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Subject to the provisions of Article 472, the court may not raise of its own motion the plea that the one-year period provided for in the first paragraph of article 238 of the Civil Code.
A request that the family court judge be dispensed from stating the wrongs and grievances of the spouses in the grounds of his or her decision must be expressly and concordantly formulated in the subm…
The court may, with the consent of the petitioner, grant a simple adoption, even if it is seised of a petition for full adoption.
The application must specify whether the application is for a full adoption or a simple adoption.
The application for adoption is brought before the judicial court.The competent court is:- the court of the place where the applicant lives when the applicant lives in France;- the court of the place…
The judge may, either of his own motion or at the request of the parties or the public prosecutor, order any measure of information concerning the personality and living conditions of the minor and hi…
The appeal is lodged in accordance with the rules laid down in articles 931 to 934. The court clerk notifies, by simple letter, those parents, guardians, persons or services to whom the child has been…
The appeal is heard and judged by priority in chambers by the chamber of the court of appeal responsible for juvenile cases following the procedure applicable before the juvenile court judge. The cour…
The cassation appeal is open to the public prosecutor.
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