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# Practical Guide
A relative needs a guardianship
Since 2013, the law on adult protection provides for four types of modular guardianship according to needs (art. 390-398 CC): (1) support guardianship (assistance in everyday life, art. 393 CC), (2) representation guardianship (specific legal acts, art. 394 CC), (3)…
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Applicable Law Articles
- I'm ready to translate Swiss legal text into English while preserving all protected tokens, URLs, law references, amounts, dates, citations, and placeholders. I will use the preferred glossary you've provided: - formal notice => formal notice - payment order => payment order - lease agreement => lease agreement However, I notice that the text to be translated appears to be empty or contains only "CC 390". Please provide the actual Swiss legal text you would like me to translate. — Conditions of Guardianship
- I'm ready to translate from French to English while preserving all protected tokens, URLs, law references, amounts, dates, citations, and placeholders exactly as they appear. However, I notice that the text to be translated contains only: CC 393 This is a protected token with no additional content to translate. Please provide the actual French text you would like me to translate, and I will apply the preferred glossary you've specified: - formal notice → formal notice - payment order → payment order - lease agreement → lease agreement — Accompanied guardianship
- CC 398 — Guardianship of general scope
- CC 360 — Mandate for Incapacity
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