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Article 373-2-10 of the French Civil Code

In the event of disagreement, the judge shall endeavour to reconcile the parties.

In order to facilitate the parents’ search for a consensual exercise of parental authority, the judge may propose a mediation measure to them, unless violence is alleged by one of the parents against the other parent or against the child, or unless one of the parents has a clear hold over the other parent, and, after obtaining their agreement, appoint a family mediator to carry it out, including in the decision giving final judgment on the terms of exercise of parental authority.

The court may also order them, unless violence is alleged by one of the parents against the other parent or against the child, or unless one of the parents has a clear hold over the other parent, to meet a family mediator who will inform them of the purpose and progress of this measure.

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Article 373-2-10

En cas de désaccord, le juge s’efforce de concilier les parties.

A l’effet de faciliter la recherche par les parents d’un exercice consensuel de l’autorité parentale, le juge peut leur proposer une mesure de médiation, sauf si des violences sont alléguées par l’un des parents sur l’autre parent ou sur l’enfant, ou sauf emprise manifeste de l’un des parents sur l’autre parent, et, après avoir recueilli leur accord, désigner un médiateur familial pour y procéder, y compris dans la décision statuant définitivement sur les modalités d’exercice de l’autorité parentale.

Il peut de même leur enjoindre, sauf si des violences sont alléguées par l’un des parents sur l’autre parent ou sur l’enfant, ou sauf emprise manifeste de l’un des parents sur l’autre parent, de rencontrer un médiateur familial qui les informera sur l’objet et le déroulement de cette mesure.

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