The judicial court or its president with territorial jurisdiction is that of the place where the person whose civil status is in question lives or, if he or she lives outside France, the judicial court of Paris or its president. The court of the place where the record was drawn up or transcribed may also be seised.
Only the following courts, however, have jurisdiction:
– the court of the place where the central civil status department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is established, for records held by this department;
– the Paris judicial court or its president, for certificates in lieu of a civil status record for a refugee, stateless person or beneficiary of subsidiary protection.
The court of the place where the central civil status department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is established, for records held by this department;
– the Paris judicial court or its president, for certificates in lieu of a civil status record for a refugee, stateless person or beneficiary of subsidiary protection.