Chapter IX: Parental authority

The decisions of the judge or court are notified by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, within eight days, to the applicant, the parents, guardian, person or service to whom the child has been entrusted or the delegated third party. The judge or court may, however, decide that notification will be made by bailiff’s deed, where appropriate, at the registry’s behest, or by administrative means. In all cases, notice of…

The court hearing an application for a judicial declaration of parental abandonment shall rule in the same form and by the same judgment on the delegation of the exercise of parental authority.

The decisions of the judge or the court may be appealed by: 1° The persons to whom the judgment has been notified until the expiry of a period of fifteen days following the notification given to them; 2° The public prosecutor until the expiry of a period of fifteen days following the delivery of the notice given to him.

For applications for delegation of parental authority, the appeal is lodged in accordance with the rules laid down in articles 931 to 934. The court clerk shall notify, by simple letter, the persons and department to whom the decision has been notified and who have not themselves lodged the appeal and shall inform them that they will subsequently be summoned to appear before the court. The appeal shall be heard…

For applications for total and partial withdrawal of parental authority and for a judicial declaration of relinquishment of parental authority, the appeal is lodged in accordance with the rules of compulsory representation.

The appeal in cassation is open to the public prosecutor.

The application for restitution of the rights delegated or withdrawn shall be made by petition to the court or judge of the place where the person to whom the rights were conferred resides. It shall be notified to that person by the Registrar. It obeys, for the rest, the rules governing applications for delegation of parental authority. Applications for restitution of children declared to be abandoned are subject to the…