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PRELIMINARY
TITLE
OF
THE PUBLICATION, OPERATION AND APPLICATION OF STATUTES IN GENERAL
(Art.
1 to 6)
BOOK
ONE
OF
PERSONS
TITLE
ONE
OF
CIVIL RIGHTS (7 to 16-12)
Chapter
I - Of
the Enjoyment of Civil Rights (7 to 15)
Chapter
II - Of
the Respect of the Human Body (16 to 16-9)
Chapter
III - Of
the Genetic Study of the Particulars of a Person and of the
Identification of a Person owing to his Genetic Prints (16-10 to
16-12)
TITLE
ONE bis
OF
FRENCH NATIONALITY (17 to 33-2)
Chapter
I - General
Provisions (17 to 17-12)
Chapter
II - Of French Nationality by Birth (18 to 20-5)
Section I - Of
French Persons by Parentage (18 to 18-1)
Section II - Of
French Persons by Birth in France (19 to 19-4)
Section III - Common
Provisions (20 to 20-5)
Chapter
III - Of the Acquisition of French Nationality (21 to 22-3)
Section I - Of the Modes of Acquiring French Nationality (21 to
21-27)
§ 1 - Of
the Acquisition of French Nationality by Reason of Parentage (21)
§ 2 - Of
the Acquisition of French Nationality by Reason of Marriage (21-1 to
21-6)
§
3 - Of
the Acquisition of French Nationality by Reason of Birth and Residence
in France: (21-7 to 21-11)
§ 4 - Of
the Acquisition of French Nationality by Reason of a Declaration of
Nationality (21-12 to
21-14)
§
5 - Of
the Acquisition of French Nationality by a Decision of the Government
(21-14-1 to 21-25-1)
§
6 - Provisions
Common to some Modes of Acquiring French Nationality (21-26 to
21-27)
Section II - Of
the Effects of Acquiring French Nationality (22 to 22-3)
Chapter
IV - Of Loss and Forfeiture of, and of Reinstatement in French
Nationality (23 to 25-1)
Section I - Of
Loss of French Nationality (23 to 23-9)
Section II - Of
Reinstatement in French Nationality (24 to 24-3)
Section III - Of
Forfeiture of French Nationality (25 to 25-1)
Chapter
V - Of Acts related to Acquisition or Loss of French Nationality (26 to
28-1)
Section I - Of
Declarations of Nationality (26 to 26-5)
Section II - Of
Administrative Decisions (27 to 27-3)
Section III - Of
Mentions on the Registers of Civil Registry (28 and 28-1)
Chapter
VI - Of Disputes in Matters of Nationality (29 to 31-3)
Section I - Of
the Jurisdiction of Judicial Courts and the Proceedings therein (29
to 29-5)
Section II - Of
the Proof of Nationality before Judicial Courts (30 to 34)
Section III - Of
Certificates of French Nationality (31 to 31-3)
Chapter
VII - Of
the Effects on French Nationality of Transfers of Sovereignty relating
to Certain Territories (32 to 32-5)
Chapter
VIII - Special
Provisions regarding Overseas Territories (33 to 33-2)
TITLE
II
OF
RECORDS OF CIVIL STATUS (34 to 101)
Chapter
I - General
Provisions (34 to 54)
Chapter
II - Of Records of Birth (55 to 62)
Section I - Of
Declarations of Birth (55 to 59)
Section II - Of
Changes of First Names and Name (60 to 61-4)
Section III - Of
Record of Acknowledgement of an Illegitimate Child (62 to 62-1)
Chapter
III - Of
Records of Marriage (63 to 76)
Chapter
IV - Of
Records of Death (77 to 92)
Chapter
V - Of
Records of Civil Status concerning Soldiers and Mariners in some Special
Circumstances (93 to 97)
Chapter
VI - Of
the Civil Status of Persons Born Abroad Who Acquire or Recover French
Nationality (98 to 98-4)
Chapter
VII - Of
the Rectification of Records of Civil Status (99 to 101)
TITLE
III
OF
DOMICILE (102 to 111)
TITLE
IV
OF
ABSENTEES (112 to 143)
Chapter
I - Of Presumption of Absence (112 to 121)
Chapter
II - Of
Declaration of Absence (122 to 143)
TITLE
V
OF
MARRIAGE (144 to 228)
Chapter
I - Of
the Qualifications and Conditions Required for Contracting a Marriage
(144 to 164)
Chapter
II - Of
the Formalities Relating to the Celebration of Marriage (165 to 171)
Chapter
III - Of
Formal Objections to Marriage (172 to 179)
Chapter
IV - Of
Applications for the Annulment of a Marriage (180 to 202)
Chapter
V - Of
the Obligations Arising from Marriage (203 to 211)
Chapter
VI - Of
the Respective Rights and Duties of the Spouses (212 to 226)
Chapter
VII - Of
the Dissolution of Marriage (227)
Chapter
VIII - Of
Second Marriages (228)
TITLE
VI
OF
DIVORCE (229 to 310)
Chapter
I - Of
Cases for Divorce (229 to 246)
Section I - Of
Divorce by Mutual Consent (230 to 236)
§ 1 - Of Divorce on Joint Petition by the Spouses (230 to 232)
§ 2 - Of
Divorce Petitioned by one Spouse and Accepted by the Other (233 to
236)
Section II - Of
Divorce for Breakdown of Community Life (237 to 241)
Section III - Of
Divorce for Fault (242 to 246)
Chapter
II - Of Divorce Proceedings (247 to 259-3)
Section I - General
Provisions (247 to 250)
Section II - Of
Conciliation (251 to 252-3)
Section III - Of
Interim Orders (253 to 258)
Section IV -
Of Evidence (259 to 259-3)
Chapter
III - Of the Consequences of Divorce (260 to 295)
Section I - Of
the Date at which Divorce takes Effect (260 to 262-2)
Section II - Of
the Consequences of Divorce for the Spouses (263 to 285-1)
§ 1 - General Provisions (263 to 264-1)
§ 2 - Of
the Consequences Peculiar to the Various Cases for Divorce (265 to
269)
§ 3 - Of
Compensatory Benefits (270 to 280-1)
§ 4 - Of
the Duty of Support after Divorce (282 to 285)
§ 5 - Of
Lodging (285-1)
Section III - Of
the Consequences of Divorce for the Children (286 to 295)
Chapter
IV - Of Judicial Separation (296 to 309)
Section I - Of
Cases and Proceedings for Judicial Separation (296 to 298)
Section II - Of
the Consequences of Judicial Separation (299 to 304)
Section III - Of
the End of Judicial Separation (305 to 309)
Chapter
V - Of
the Conflict of Laws in Matters of Divorce and Judicial Separation (310)
TITLE
VII
OF
PARENT AND CHILD (I) (311 to 342-8)
Chapter
I - Provisions
Common to Legitimate and Illegitimate Children (311 to 311-22)
Section I - Of
Presumptions Relating to Parentage (311 to 311-3)
Section II - Of
Actions Relating to Parentage (311-4 to 311-13)
Section III - Of
the Conflict of Laws Relating to Parentage (311-14 to 311-18)
Section IV - Of
Medically Assisted Procreation (311-19 and 311-20)
Section V - Of
the Rules of Devolution of Family Name (311-21 and 311-22)
Chapter
II - Of Legitimate Children (312 to 333-6)
Section I - Of
the Presumption of Paternity (312 to 318-2)
Section II - Of
Proofs of Legitimacy (319 to 328)
Section III - Of
Legitimation (329 to 333-6)
§ 1 - Of
Legitimation by Marriage (331 to 332-1)
§ 2 - Of
Legitimation on the Authority of the Court (333 to 333-6)
Chapter
III - Of
Illegitimate Children (334 to 342-8)
Section I - Of the Effects of Illegitimacy and of the Modes of
Establishing Illegitimate Kinship in General (334 to 334-10)
Section II - Of
the Acknowledgement of Illegitimate Children (335 to 339)
Section III - Of
Paternity or Maternity Suits (340 to 341-1)
Section IV - Of
the Action for Purpose of Subsidies (342 to 342-8)
TITLE
VIII
OF
ADOPTION (343 to 370-5)
Chapter
I - Of Plenary Adoption (343 to 359)
Section I - Of
the Requisites for Plenary Adoption (343 to 350)
Section
II - Of
the Placing for Purpose of Plenary Adoption and of the Judgment of
Plenary Adoption (351 to 354)
Section III - Of
the Effects of Plenary Adoption (355 to 359)
Chapter
II - Of Ordinary Adoption (360 to 370-2)
Section I - Of
Requisites and Judgment (360 to 362)
Section II - Of
the Effects of Ordinary Adoption (363 to 370-2)
Chapter
III - Of
the Conflict of Laws relating to Adoption and of the Effects in France
of Adoptions Ordered Abroad (370-3 to 370-5)
TITLE
IX
OF
PARENT AND CHILD (II : OF PARENTAL AUTHORITY) (371
to 387)
Chapter
I - Of Parental Authority with regard to the Person of a Child (371 to
381)
Section I : Of
the Exercise of Parental Authority (372 to 374-2)
§ 1 - General Principles (372 to 373-1)
§ 2 - Of
the Exercise of Parental Authority by Separated Parents (373-2 to
373-2-5)
§ 3 - Of
the Intervention of the Family Causes Judge (373-2-6 to 373-2-13)
§ 4 - Of
the Intervention of Third Persons (373-3 to 374-2)
Section II - Of
Educational Assistance (375 to 375-8)
Section III - Of
the Delegation of Parental Authority (376 to 377-3)
Section IV - Of
the Total or Partial Withdrawal of Parental Authority (378 to 381)
Chapter
II - Of
Parental Authority with regard to the Property of a Child (382 to
387)
TITLE
X
OF
MINORITY, OF GUARDIANSHIP AND OF EMANCIPATION (388
to 487)
Chapter
I - Of
Minority (388 to 388-2)
Chapter
II - Of
Guardianship (389 to 475)
Section I - Of the Cases Where either Statutory Administration or
Guardianship Takes Place (389 to 392)
Section II - Of the Organization of a Guardianship (393 to 448)
§ 1 -
Of the Judge of Guardianships (393 to 396)
§ 2 - Of
Guardians (397 to 406)
§ 3 - Of
the Family Council (407 to 416)
§ 4 - Of
the Other Organs of Guardianship (417 to 426)
§ 5 - Of
the Duties of a Guardian (427 to 448)
Section III - Of
the Functioning of a Guardianship (449 to 468)
Section IV - Of
the Accounts of Guardianship and of Liabilities (469 to 475)
Chapter
III - Of
Emancipation (476 to 487)
TITLE
XI
OF
MAJORITY AND OF ADULTS WHO ARE PROTECTED BY THE LAW (488
to 515)
Chapter
I - General
Provisions (488 to 490-3)
Chapter
II - Of
Adults under Judicial Supervision (491 to 491-6)
Chapter
III - Of
Adults in Guardianship (492 to 507)
Chapter
IV -
Of Adults in Curatorship (508 to 514)
TITLE
XII
OF
CIVIL COVENANTS OF SOLIDARITY AND OF CONCUBINAGE (515-1
to 515-8)
Chapter
I - Of
Civil Covenants of Solidarity (515-1 to 515-7)
Chapter
II - Of
Concubinage (515-8 )
BOOK
II
OF
PROPERTY AND OF THE VARIOUS MODIFICATIONS OF OWNERSHIP (516 to 710)
TITLE
ONE
OF
THE VARIOUS KINDS OF PROPERTY (516 to
543)
Chapter
I - Of
Immovables (517 to 526)
Chapter
II - Of
Movables (527 to 536)
Chapter
III - Of
Property in its Relations with Those Who Own it (537 to 543)
TITLE
II
OF
OWNERSHIP (544 to 577)
Chapter
I - Of
the Right of Accession to What is Produced by a Thing (547 to 550)
Chapter
II - Of
the Right of Accession to What Unites or Incorporates Itself with a
Thing (551 to 577)
TITLE
III
OF
USUFRUCT, OF USE AND OF HABITATION (578 to 636)
Chapter
I - Of
Usufruct (578 to 624)
Section I - Of
the Rights of a Usufructuary (582 to 599)
Section II - Of
the Obligations of a Usufructuary (600 to 616)
Section III - Of
the Manner in which a Usufruct Comes to an End (617 to 624)
Chapter
II - Of
Use and of Habitation (625 to 636)
TITLE
IV
OF
SERVITUDES OR LAND SERVICES (637 to
710)
Chapter
I - Of
the Servitudes Originating from the Situation of the Premises (640
to 648)
Chapter
II - Of
the Servitudes Established by Statute (649 to 685-1)
Section I - Of
Party Wall and Common Ditch (653 to 673)
Section II - Of
the Distance and Intermediate Works Required for Certain Constructions (674)
Section III - Of
the Views over the Property of One's Neighbour (675 to 680)
Section IV - Of
Eaves (681)
Section V - Of
Right of Way (682 to 685-1)
Chapter
III - Of the Servitudes Established by the Act of Man (686 to 710)
Section I - Of
the Various Kinds of Servitudes Which May be Established over Property
(686 to 689)
Section II - How
Servitudes are Established (690 to 696)
Section III - Of
the Rights of the Owner of a Tenement to Which a Servitude is Due (697
to 702)
Section IV - How
Servitudes are Extinguished (703 to 710)
BOOK
III
OF
THE VARIOUS WAYS HOW OWNERSHIP IS ACQUIRED (711
to 2283)
General
Provisions (711 to 717)
TITLE
ONE
OF
SUCCESSIONS (720 to 892)
Chapter
I - Of
the Opening of Successions, the Universal Title and the Vesting of Heirs
in Possession (720 to 724-1)
Chapter
II - Of
the Qualifications Required for Inheriting - Of Proof of Heirship
(725 to 730-5)
Section I - Of the Qualifications Required for Inheriting (725 to 729-1)
Section II - Of
Proof of Heirship (730 to 730-5)
Chapter
III - Of
Heirs (731 to 767)
Section I - Of
the Rights of Relatives in the Absence of a Spouse Entitled to Inherit
(733 to 755)
§ 1 - Of
Orders of Heirs (734 to 740)
§ 2 - Of
Degrees (741 to 745)
§ 3 - Of
Division by Branches, Paternal and Maternal (746 to 750)
§ 4 - Of
Representation (751 to 755)
Section II - Of the Rights of a Spouse Entitled to Inherit (756 to 767)
§ 1 - Of
the Nature of the Rights, of their Amount and Exercise (756 to
758-5)
§ 2 - Of
the Conversion of a Usufruct (759 to 762)
§ 3 - Of
the Temporary Rights to Lodging and of Rights for Life to Lodging
(763 to 766)
§ 4 - Of
the Right to Maintenance (767)
Chapter
IV - Of
the Rights of the State (768 to 772)
Chapter
V - Of
the Acceptance and Repudiation of Successions (774 to 814)
Section I - Of Acceptance (774 to 783)
Section II : Of
the Renunciation of Successions (784 to 792)
Section III - Of
the Benefit of Inventory, of its Effects and of the Obligations of a
Beneficiary Heir (793 to 810)
Section IV - Of
Vacant Successions (811 to 814)
Chapter
VI - Of Partition and of Collations (815 to 892)
Section I - Of
Undivided Ownership and of Action for Partition (815 to 842)
Section II - Of
the Collations, Appropriation and Abatement of Gratuitous Transfers Made
to Persons Entitled to Inherit (843 to 869)
Section III - Of
the Payment of Debts (870 to 882)
Section IV - Of
the Effects of Partition and of Warranty of Shares (883 to 886)
Section V - Of
Rescission in Matters of Partition (887 to 892)
TITLE
II
OF
GIFTS INTER VIVOS AND OF WILLS (893
to 1100)
Chapter
I - General
Provisions (893 to 900-8)
Chapter
II - Of
the Capacity to Dispose or to Receive by Inter Vivos Gift or by Will (901
to 912)
Chapter
III - Of
the Disposable Portion of Property and of Abatement (913 to 930)
Section I - Of the Disposable Portion of Property (913 to 919)
Section II - Of
the Abatement of Gifts and Legacies (920 to 930)
Chapter
IV - Of Inter Vivos Gifts (931 to 966)
Section I - Of
the Form of Inter Vivos Gifts (931 to 952)
Section II - Of
Exceptions to the Rule of Irrevocability of Inter Vivos
Gifts (953 to 966)
Chapter
V - Of Testamentary Dispositions (967 to 1047)
Section I - Of
General Rules on the Form of Wills (967 to 980)
Section II - Of
Particular Rules on the Form of Certain Wills (981 to 1001)
Section III - Of
the Appointments of Heirs and of Legacies in General (1002)
Section IV - Of
Universal Legacies (1003 to 1009)
Section V - Of
Legacies by Universal Title (1010 to 1013)
Section VI - Of
Specific Legacies (1014 to 1024)
Section VII - Of
Testamentary Executors (1025 to 1034)
Section VIII - Of
the Revocation of Wills and of their Lapse (1035 to 1047)
Chapter
VI - Of
Dispositions Allowed in Favour of Grandchildren of a Donor or Testator
or of Childrenof his Brothers and Sisters (1048 to 1074)
Chapter
VII - Of
Partitions Made by Ascendants (1075 to 1080)
Section I - Of
Partitions Made by Gifts (1076 to 1078-3)
Section II - Of
Partitions Made by Wills (1079 and 1080)
Chapter
VIII - Of
Gifts Made by Ante-nuptial Agreement to Spouses and to Children to
be Born of the Marriage (1081 to 1090)
Chapter
IX - Of
Dispositions between Spouses, either by Ante-nuptial Agreement or during
Marriage (1091 to 1100)
TITLE
III
OF
CONTRACTS AND OF CONVENTIONAL OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL (1101
to 1369)
Chapter
I - Preliminary
Provisions (1101 to 1107)
Chapter
II - Of
the Essential Requisites for the Validity of Agreements (1108
to 1133)
Section I - Of
Consent (1109 to 1122)
Section II - Of
the Capacity of Contracting Parties (1123 to 1125-1)
Section III - Of
the Object and Subject Matter Of Contracts (1126 to 1130)
Section IV - Of
Cause (1131 to 1133)
Chapter
III - Of the Effect of Obligations (1134 to 1167)
Section I - General
Provisions (1134 and 1135)
