Paragraph 4: Amendment of ancillary measures

Where the judgment granting the divorce is under appeal, the modification of provisionally enforceable ancillary measures pursuant to Article 1074-1, in the event of the occurrence of a new fact, may only be requested, depending on the case, from the first president of the court of appeal or from the Conseiller de la mise en état.

Where, after the divorce has become final, there is a need to rule on the exercise of parental authority, maintenance or the contribution to the maintenance and education of the child, the application shall be submitted, even if an appeal in cassation has been lodged, to the family affairs judge in accordance with the procedures laid down in Section III of this Chapter. The same applies, where the divorce has…

The judge may request communication of the file to the court that pronounced the divorce.