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Article 122 of the French Civil Code

When ten years have elapsed since the judgment which established the presumption of absence, either in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 112, or during one of the legal proceedings provided for in articles 217 and 219, 1426 and 1429, absence may be declared by the court at the request of any interested party or the public prosecutor. The same will apply when, in the absence of such a declaration, the person has ceased to appear at the place of his domicile or residence, without being heard from for more than twenty years.

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Article 122

Lorsqu’il se sera écoulé dix ans depuis le jugement qui a constaté la présomption d’absence, soit selon les modalités fixées par l’article 112, soit à l’occasion de l’une des procédures judiciaires prévues par les articles 217 et 219, 1426 et 1429, l’absence pourra être déclarée par le tribunal judiciaire à la requête de toute partie intéressée ou du ministère public. Il en sera de même quand, à défaut d’une telle constatation, la personne aura cessé de paraître au lieu de son domicile ou de sa résidence, sans que l’on en ait eu de nouvelles depuis plus de vingt ans.

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