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817.

An action of divorce for the cause mentioned in Art. 813, No. 9 cannot be brought after it has ceased to be uncertain whether the other party is alive or dead.

818.

If in the case mentioned in Art. 813, No. 10 an application for the dissolution or cancellation of the adoption is made, such application may be joined with an application for divorce.

An action of divorce for the cause mentioned in Art. 813, No. 10 cannot be brought after the expiration of three months from the time when the party concerned had notice of the dissolution or the cancellation of the adoption, or if he has renounced the right to apply for divorce.

819.

The provisions of Art. 812 apply correspondingly to a judicial divorce; but the court may in the interest of the children make different arrangements as to their custody.


Chapter IV.
Parent and Child.

Section I.
Children by Birth.

Subsection I.
Legitimate Children.

820.

If a child is conceived by the wife during the