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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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