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Article 380 of the French Civil Code

In pronouncing the total or partial withdrawal of parental authority or of the exercise of parental authority or custody rights, the court hearing the case shall, if the other parent is deceased or has lost the exercise of parental authority, either appoint a third party to whom the child will be temporarily entrusted, with the latter being responsible for requesting the organisation of guardianship, or entrust the child to the departmental child welfare service.

It will be able to take the same measures when parental authority is devolved to one of the parents as a result of the total withdrawal of parental authority or the exercise of parental authority pronounced against the other.

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Article 380

En prononçant le retrait total ou partiel de l’autorité parentale ou de l’exercice de l’autorité parentale ou du droit de garde, la juridiction saisie devra, si l’autre parent est décédé ou s’il a perdu l’exercice de l’autorité parentale, soit désigner un tiers auquel l’enfant sera provisoirement confié à charge pour lui de requérir l’organisation de la tutelle, soit confier l’enfant au service départemental de l’aide sociale à l’enfance.

Elle pourra prendre les mêmes mesures lorsque l’autorité parentale est dévolue à l’un des parents par l’effet du retrait total de l’autorité parentale ou de l’exercice de l’autorité parentale prononcé contre l’autre.

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