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Article 375-8 of the French Civil Code

The costs of maintaining and educating a child who has been the subject of an educational assistance measure shall continue to be the responsibility of the child’s father and mother and ascendants from whom maintenance may be claimed, except that the judge may relieve them of all or part of these costs.

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Article 375-9 of the French Civil Code

The decision entrusting the minor, on the basis of 5° of article 375-3, to an establishment receiving people hospitalised due to mental disorders, is ordered after a detailed medical opinion from a doctor from outside the establishment, for a period of no more than fifteen days. The measure may be renewed, following a medical opinion in agreement with a psychiatrist from the host establishment, for a renewable period of one…

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Article 375-9-1 of the French Civil Code

When family benefits or the active solidarity income paid to single people mentioned in article L. 262-9 of the code de l’action sociale et des familles are not used for needs relating to housing, the upkeep, health and education of children and that one of the home help services provided for in article L. 222-3 du code de l’action sociale et des familles does not appear sufficient, the children’s judge…

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Article 375-9-2 of the French Civil Code

The mayor or his representative on the council for the rights and duties of families may refer the matter to the children’s judge, jointly with the body responsible for family benefits, to inform him, pursuant to Article 375-9-1, a family’s difficulties. Where the mayor has appointed a coordinator pursuant to article L. 121-6-2 of the Code de l’action sociale et des familles, it shall inform the children’s judge, with the…

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Article 376-1 of the French Civil Code

When a family court is called upon to rule on the terms and conditions of the exercise of parental authority or on the upbringing of a minor child, or when it decides to entrust the child to a third party, it may have regard to any agreements that the father and mother may have freely entered into between themselves on this subject, unless one of them can show serious grounds…

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Article 377 of the French Civil Code

The father and mother, together or separately, may, where circumstances so require, apply to the judge to have all or part of the exercise of their parental authority delegated to a third party, a family member, a trustworthy relative, an establishment approved to take in children or a departmental child welfare service. In the event of manifest disinterest or if the parents are unable to exercise all or part of…

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Article 377-1 of the French Civil Code

The delegation, in whole or in part, of parental authority will result from the judgment handed down by the family affairs judge. However, the delegation judgment may provide, for the child’s educational needs, that the father and mother, or one of them, will share all or part of the exercise of parental authority with the delegated third party. Sharing requires the agreement of the parent(s) insofar as they exercise parental…

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Article 377-2 of the French Civil Code

The delegation may, in all cases, be terminated or transferred by a new judgment, if new circumstances can be justified. In the event that the restitution of the child is granted to the father and mother, the family affairs judge shall make them responsible, if they are not indigent, for the reimbursement of all or part of the maintenance costs.

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