At any time during the proceedings, the spouses may accept the principle of the breakdown of the marriage regardless of the facts giving rise to it.
This acceptance may be recorded in a procès-verbal drawn up by the judge and signed by the spouses and their respective lawyers at any hearing on provisional measures.
During the proceedings, the request made pursuant to Article 247-1 of the Civil Code must be expressly and concordantly formulated in the parties’ pleadings. Each spouse shall attach to his or her pleadings a declaration of acceptance of the principle of the breakdown of the marriage, signed by him or her, or a copy of the private-signature deed referred to in article 1123-1.
On pain of nullity, the minutes or the written declaration shall recall the mentions of the fourth paragraph of Article 233 of the Civil Code.