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Article 1123-1 of the French Code of civil procedure

Acceptance of the principle of the breakdown of the marriage regardless of the facts giving rise to it may also result from a document signed privately by the parties and countersigned by lawyers in the six months preceding the application for divorce or during the proceedings.

If it is drawn up prior to the application for divorce, it is attached to the application initiating proceedings made jointly by the parties. In the course of the proceedings, it is forwarded to the pre-trial judge.

This document is subject to nullity.
Under penalty of nullity, this document sets out the particulars set out in the fourth paragraph of article 233 of the Civil Code.

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Article 1123-1

L’acceptation du principe de la rupture du mariage sans considération des faits à l’origine de celle-ci peut aussi résulter d’un acte sous signature privée des parties et contresigné par avocats dans les six mois précédant la demande en divorce ou pendant la procédure.


S’il est établi avant la demande en divorce, il est annexé à la requête introductive d’instance formée conjointement par les parties. En cours d’instance, il est transmis au juge de la mise en état.


A peine de nullité, cet acte rappelle les mentions du quatrième alinéa de l’article 233 du code civil.

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