Réunion (La Réunion)¶

Jurisdiction code: RE · Legal system: civil-law
Language(s): fr

Réunion is an Indian Ocean civil-law French overseas department and region (Département et région d'outre-mer / DROM) — structurally distinctive globally as the only state-level Indian Ocean entity directly integrated into a European Union member state (since 1946 departmental integration), and as the most ethnically pluralistic French DROM with Creole, Tamil Indian, Muslim, Chinese, and African heritage populations descending from sugar plantation labour migrations. Family-law framework operates under the French Civil Code applied directly as in metropolitan France. Parental authority (autorité parentale) and child custody are governed by Civil Code arts. 371-387. The Court of Appeal of Saint-Denis is the apex domestic appellate court; final appellate jurisdiction lies with the French Court of Cassation in Paris. Family-law matters are heard at first instance in the Tribunal Judiciaire de Saint-Denis. Psychology profession is regulated through the French Republic professional framework as applicable in Réunion. Réunion is silent on 'parental alienation' as a statutory label; courts operate substantively under the French interest-of-the-child standard. Réunion is a Hague Convention 1980 party via French Republic territorial extension effective 1 December 1983.

PA recognition status¶

Statutory: silent
Apex court position: no-apex-position
Professional regulator position: silent

Statutory framework¶

French Civil Code arts. 371-387 (applicable in Réunion) — French Civil Code — Parental authority (1804) — https://www.cour-de-cassation.fr/
French Civil Code applied directly in Réunion as in metropolitan France. Arts. 371-387 govern autorité parentale and child custody.

Apex courts¶

Court of Appeal of Saint-Denis (Cour d'appel de Saint-Denis)¶

https://www.cour-appel-saint-denis.justice.fr/

French Court of Cassation (Cour de Cassation)¶

https://www.cour-de-cassation.fr/

Professional regulators¶

French Republic professional framework (applicable in Réunion) — https://www.sante.gouv.fr/

Anonymisation convention¶

Réunionese family-court decisions are anonymised per Court of Appeal practice using initials.

Key developments¶

1946 — Réunion achieved departmental status (DOM) — among the first French overseas DOMs.
1983 — Hague Convention 1980 territorial extension by France to Réunion effective 1 December 1983.

Structural findings¶

Réunion operates a French-civil-law framework applied as in metropolitan France — places Réunion in the French DROM cluster.
Only state-level Indian Ocean entity directly integrated into a European Union member state is structurally distinctive globally.
Multi-ethnic Creole + Tamil Indian + Muslim + Chinese + African population composition is structurally distinctive — most ethnically pluralistic French DROM.
Hague Convention 1980 applicability via French Republic territorial extension reflects DROM Hague jurisdiction status.

Sources¶

Court of Appeal of Saint-Denis — https://www.cour-appel-saint-denis.justice.fr/ (Court of Appeal) [fr]
Légifrance — https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/ (French Government) [fr]

Editorial notes¶

Réunion jurisdiction sidecar — civil-law Indian Ocean French DROM (French Civil Code + 1946 departmental integration + multi-ethnic population + Hague via French Republic territorial extension 1983). Only Indian Ocean EU-member-state-integrated entity globally + most ethnically pluralistic French DROM.
PA-recognition: silent statutory + no-apex-position + silent regulator.
Joins Indian Ocean + civil-law + French-DROM cluster + only-Indian-Ocean-EU-integration-globally-distinctive + multi-ethnic-population + Hague-via-French-Republic-territorial-extension clusters within the corpus.

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