Title XVI: Appeals.

The time limit for lodging an ordinary appeal is one month in contentious matters; it is fifteen days in non-contentious matters.

The time limit for appealing by ordinary means suspends enforcement of the judgment. An appeal lodged within the time limit also suspends enforcement.

If the judgment was rendered by default or if it is deemed to be contradictory, the judge has the option of relieving the defendant of the foreclosure resulting from the expiry of the time limit if the defendant, through no fault of his own, did not learn of the judgment in sufficient time to exercise his recourse, or if he found it impossible to act. Relief from foreclosure is requested…

When an interested party has been unable, through no fault of his own, to lodge an appeal against a non-contentious decision within the prescribed time limit, he may be relieved of the time limit under the conditions set out in the previous article. .