Book III: Provisions specific to certain matters

The decisions of the Court of Appeal shall be notified as stated in article 1190.

Summons and notifications shall be made by the court registry by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. The judge may, however, decide that they shall be made by a bailiff’s writ, where appropriate, at the registry’s behest, or by administrative channels. The delivery of a copy of the judgment against a dated and signed receipt shall be equivalent to notification.

The cassation appeal is open to the public prosecutor.

When the parents are unable to bear the full cost of the legal expenses for which they are responsible, the judge shall determine the amount of their contribution.

The judge may visit or have visited any minor who is the subject of a placement measure taken pursuant to articles 375-3 and 375-5 of the Civil Code.

The judge may delegate jurisdiction to the judge of the place where the minor has been placed, either voluntarily or by court order, for the purpose of organising one of the measures provided for in articles 375-2 and 375-4 of the civil code and to monitor their application.

The institution or service responsible for implementing the measure will send the juvenile court judge who made the decision or who has been delegated jurisdiction a report on the minor’s situation and progress at the intervals set by the decision or, failing that, annually. The same applies in the event of placement for a period of more than two years. If this report is not sent, the children’s judge will…

The designation of a meeting place pursuant to the third sentence of the fourth paragraph of Article 375-7 of the Civil Code gives rise to prior information of the children’s judge.

The frequency of visiting rights in the presence of a third party is set out in the court order unless, under the judge’s supervision, the conditions for exercising these rights are left to be determined jointly by the parent(s) and the person, service or establishment to which the child is entrusted.

In the application of educational assistance, account must be taken of the religious or philosophical convictions of the minor and his or her family.