Chambre de surveillance

The Chambre de surveillance is composed of 2 chambers:

The Chambre de surveillance (CS-TPAE):

• Exercises a supervisory function and rules on appeals against decisions of the Tribunal de protection de l'adulte et de l'enfant (parental responsibility, custody, deputyship, inventory in the succession) and of the land and commercial registers.
• Rules on appeals against decisions of the service état civil et légalisations in matters of adoption.

The Chambre de surveillance (CSO):

• Receives complaints and exercises general and disciplinary supervision over the Debt enforcement and Bankruptcy Offices (inspections, accounting examination).

The Chambre de surveillance’s Office is the sole interlocutor for litigants. It coordinates the administrative follow-up of the files and deals, under the responsibility of the judges, with questions related to the proceedings and steps to be taken. It can be reached by telephone at the times mentioned. It does not answer legal questions.

The Chambre de surveillance (CS-TPAE) is composed of 3 career judges when it rules.

To adjudicate the complaints, the CSO is composed of a judge who presides over it and 2 assessors. CSO judges are assisted in their tasks by the court's legal staff.

You must submit your appeal/objection to the Chambre de surveillance within the time limit provided for by law, in written form, in one copy per party, by post or by depositing it directly at the desk of the Chamber or at the Greffe universel. It must be written in French and signed.

Your appeal/objection must imperatively:

• Name the parties and their possible lawyers, indicating the contact details of each
• Name the decision being appealed, a copy of which must be attached
• Specify in a concrete way the factual and legal reasons for which you are challenging the contested decision (motivation)
• Indicate what you wish to obtain (conclusions)
• Enclose all useful documents