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Article 1202 of the French Code of civil procedure

Applications for total or partial withdrawal of parental authority are brought before the judicial court of the place where the ascendant against whom the action is brought resides.

Applications for delegation of parental authority are brought before the family court of the place where the minor resides.

Applications for judicial declaration of parental abandonment are brought before the judicial court of the place where the minor resides. When they emanate from the child welfare service, they are brought before the judicial court of the chief town of the department in which the minor was taken into care.

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Article 1202

Les demandes en retrait total ou partiel de l’autorité parentale sont portées devant le tribunal judiciaire du lieu où demeure l’ascendant contre lequel l’action est exercée.

Les demandes en délégation de l’autorité parentale sont portées devant le juge aux affaires familiales du lieu où demeure le mineur.

Les demandes en déclaration judiciaire de délaissement parental sont portées devant le tribunal judiciaire du lieu où demeure le mineur. Lorsqu’elles émanent du service de l’aide sociale à l’enfance, elles sont portées devant le tribunal judiciaire du chef-lieu du département dans lequel le mineur a été recueilli.

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