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750.

If a member of a house desires to marry or enter into a relation of adoption, he must obtain the consent of the head of his house.

If a member marries or enters into a relation of adoption in contravention of this provision, the head of the house may within one year from the day of the marriage or adoption exclude him from the house or forbid him to re-enter it.

If a member who has adopted another person is excluded from his house under the foregoing provisions, the person adopted follows the adopter and enters his house.

751.

If the head of the house is unable to exercise his right, it is exercised by the family council. But this does not apply, if a person exists who is exercising the parental power over the head of the house, or if the latter has a guardian.

Section III.
Extinguishment of the Headship of a House.

752.

The head of a house may resign his headship only under the following conditions:—

  1. If he has completed the age of sixty years;
  2. If an heir having full capacity accepts unqualifiedly the succession to the house.
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