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Article 1077 of the French Code of civil procedure

The claim may be based on only one of the cases provided for in the third to sixth paragraphs of Article 229 of the Civil Code. Any claim made in the alternative in any other case is inadmissible.

Except for the cases provided for in Articles 247 to 247-2 of the Civil Code, an application based on one of the cases of divorce defined in the third to sixth paragraphs of Article 229 of the Civil Code may not, during the proceedings, be substituted for an application based on another case.

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Article 1077

La demande ne peut être fondée que sur un seul des cas prévus aux troisième à sixième alinéas de l’article 229 du code civil. Toute demande formée à titre subsidiaire sur un autre cas est irrecevable.

Hormis les cas prévus aux articles 247 à 247-2 du code civil, il ne peut, en cours d’instance, être substitué à une demande fondée sur un des cas de divorce définis aux troisième à sixième alinéas de l’article 229 du code civil une demande fondée sur un autre cas.

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