Divorce Appeal Inadmissible Due to Death of Spouse Before Finality of Judgment
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Généré par l'IAThe appeal filed against a judgment granting a divorce was declared inadmissible because one of the spouses died on June 19, 1971, before the appellate court's divorce decree of January 11, 1971, became final; the court reasoned that, pursuant to the relevant civil code article, the divorce action is extinguished by the death of either spouse occurring before the judgment pronouncing the divorce becomes definitive, and the death preceded the filing of the appeal on July 1, 1971.
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Généré par l'IAARTICLE 244, PARAGRAPHE 3 DU CODE CIVIL; Divorce Appeal Inadmissible Due to Death of Spouse Before Finality of Judgment: The appeal filed against a judgment granting a divorce was declared inadmissible because one of the spouses died on June 19, 1971, before the appellate court's divorce decree of January 11, 1971, became final; the court reasoned that, pursuant to the relevant civil code article, the divorce action is extinguished by the death of either spouse occurring before the judgment pronouncing the divorce becomes definitive, and the death preceded the filing of the appeal on July 1, 1971.
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Généré par l'IAThe appeal was declared inadmissible because the divorce action was extinguished by the death of one spouse before the judgment became final, according to this article.
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SUR LA RECEVABILITE DU POURVOI : VU L'ARTICLE 244, PARAGRAPHE 3 DU CODE CIVIL, ATTENDU QUE, SELON CE TEXTE, L'ACTION EN DIVORCE S'ETEINT PAR LE DECES DE L'UN DES EPOUX SURVENU AVANT QUE LE JUGEMENT OU L'ARRET PRONONCANT LE DIVORCE SOIT DEVENU DEFINITIF ;
ATTENDU QUE X... S'EST POURVU EN CASSATION LE 1ER JUILLET 1971 CONTRE UN ARRET DE LA COUR D'APPEL DE BORDEAUX EN DATE DU 11 JANVIER 1971 PRONONCANT LE DIVORCE A SES TORTS ;
ATTENDU QU'IL EST JUSTIFIE PAR UN ACTE DE L'OFFICIER DE L'ETAT-CIVIL D'ETAULIERS (GIRONDE) QUE MARIE, LOUISE, MARCELLE, MARGUERITE Y..., EPOUSE D'ALBERT X... ETAIT DECEDEE LE 19 JUIN ATTENDU QUE PAR SUITE DE CE DECES SURVENU AVANT LA FORMATION DU POURVOI L'ACTION EN DIVORCE ETAIT ETEINTE, EN APPLICATION DU TEXTE SUSVISE ;
PAR CES MOTIFS : DECLARE, EN CONSEQUENCE, IRRECEVABLE LE POURVOI FORME CONTRE L'ARRET RENDU, LE 11 JANVIER 1971, PAR LA COUR D'APPEL DE BORDEAUX