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Article 387-5 of the French Civil Code

On the occasion of the control referred to in the preceding article, the judge may ask the legal administrator to submit to the director of the judicial registry services of the judicial court an annual management account, accompanied by supporting documents, with a view to its verification.

Where accounts have been requested, the legal administrator must submit to the director of the judicial registry services, at the end of his mission, a final account of the operations that have taken place since the last annual account was drawn up.

The director of the judicial registry services may be assisted in his mission to audit the accounts under the conditions laid down by the Code of Civil Procedure. He may also request an annual statement of the accounts from the establishments with which accounts have been opened in the name of the minor, without professional or banking secrecy being invoked against him.

If he refuses to approve the account, the director of the court registry services draws up a report on the difficulties encountered, which he forwards to the judge. The judge rules on the conformity of the account.

If the size and composition of the minor’s assets justify it, the judge may decide that the verification and approval mission will be carried out, at the minor’s expense and in accordance with the terms and conditions set by the judge, by a technician.

A copy of the management accounts is given to the minor who has reached the age of sixteen.

An action for the rendering of accounts, for claims or for payment is time-barred after five years from the date on which the person concerned reaches the age of majority.

>A copy of the management accounts is given to the minor who has reached the age of sixteen.

A copy of the management accounts is given to the minor who has reached the age of sixteen.

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Article 387-5

A l’occasion du contrôle mentionné à l’article précédent, le juge peut demander à l’administrateur légal de soumettre au directeur des services de greffe judiciaires du tribunal judiciaire un compte de gestion annuel, accompagné des pièces justificatives, en vue de sa vérification.

Lorsque des comptes ont été demandés, l’administrateur légal doit remettre au directeur des services de greffe judiciaires, à la fin de sa mission, un compte définitif des opérations intervenues depuis l’établissement du dernier compte annuel.

Le directeur des services de greffe judiciaires peut être assisté dans sa mission de contrôle des comptes dans les conditions fixées par le code de procédure civile. Il peut aussi solliciter des établissements auprès desquels des comptes sont ouverts au nom du mineur un relevé annuel de ceux-ci sans que puisse lui être opposé le secret professionnel ou le secret bancaire.

S’il refuse d’approuver le compte, le directeur des services de greffe judiciaires dresse un rapport des difficultés rencontrées, qu’il transmet au juge. Celui-ci statue sur la conformité du compte.

Si l’importance et la composition du patrimoine du mineur le justifient, le juge peut décider que la mission de vérification et d’approbation sera exercée, aux frais du mineur et selon les modalités qu’il fixe, par un technicien.

Une copie des comptes de gestion est remise au mineur âgé de seize ans révolus.

L’action en reddition de comptes, en revendication ou en paiement se prescrit par cinq ans à compter de la majorité de l’intéressé.

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