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If the power of management ceases while the child is under age, the period above mentioned is computed from the time when the child comes of age or when a new legal representative has assumed his functions.

895.

The parent exercising the parental power exercises the right of the head of a house or the parental power in place of the minor child.

Section III.
The Extinction of the Parental Power.

896.

If a parent abuses the parental power or gives himself up to a grossly evil life, the court may on the application of a relative of the child or of the public procurator decree that the parental power be extinguished.

897.

If the parent exercising the parental power endangers the property of the child by bad management, the court may on the application of a relative of the child or of the public procurator decree that his right of management be extinguished.

If the court makes such a decree against the father, the mother belonging to the same house is to exercise the right of management.

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