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Article 348-4 of the French Civil Code

Consent to the adoption of children under the age of two is valid only if the child has actually been handed over to the child welfare service, except in cases where there is a relationship of kinship or marriage up to and including the sixth degree between the adopter and the adopted child or in cases of adoption of the child of the spouse, partner bound by a civil solidarity pact or cohabitee.

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Article 348-4

Le consentement à l’adoption des enfants de moins de deux ans n’est valable que si l’enfant a été effectivement remis au service de l’aide sociale à l’enfance, sauf le cas où il existe un lien de parenté ou d’alliance jusqu’au sixième degré inclus entre l’adoptant et l’adopté ou dans les cas d’adoption de l’enfant du conjoint, du partenaire lié par un pacte civil de solidarité ou du concubin.

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