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# Practical Guide

I fear for a child's safety

Child protection is ensured by the APEA (authority for the protection of children and adults, art. 307-317 CC). When the child's development is threatened and the parents do not remedy this, the APEA takes the necessary measures according to the principle of proportionality: (1) reminder to…

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APEA I appreciate your provided glossary with preferred translations. However, I notice that the text you've asked me to translate consists only of the single word: **protection** In English, this translates to: **protection** Since this is a standalone word without context, and it contains no protected tokens, URLs, legal references, amounts, dates, citations, or placeholders, the translation remains the same in English. If you have a longer Swiss legal text to translate, please provide it and I will apply your preferred glossary terms (formal notice → formal notice, payment order → payment order, lease agreement → lease agreement) along with standard legal translation practices. child guardianship # Withdrawal signalling danger

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