Dutch Legislation

Title 16

in force

Adult guardianship (curatele)

Civil Code — Book 1 (Burgerlijk Wetboek Boek 1) · Articles: 14

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Adult guardianship (curatele)

1:378 Article 1:378

An adult may be placed under curatorship (onder curatele) by the subdistrict court (kantonrechter) when he, temporarily or permanently, fails to…

1:379 Article 1:379

Curatorship (curatele) may be petitioned for by the person concerned, his spouse (echtgenoot), his registered partner (geregistreerd partnerschap) or…

1:380 Article 1:380

The court before which the petition for curatorship is pending or was most recently pending may, upon request or of its own motion, appoint a…

1:381 Article 1:381

The curatorship shall take effect from the day on which it is pronounced. In the case referred to in Article 378, paragraph 2, the curatorship shall…

1:382 Article 1:382

A person who has been placed under curatorship (onder curatele) on the grounds of habitual abuse of alcohol or drugs remains capable of performing…

1:383 Article 1:383

The court that institutes the curatorship (curatele) shall appoint a curator at the same time or as soon as possible thereafter. The court shall…

1:384 Article 1:384

If a decision whereby curatorship has been pronounced is quashed on appeal or in cassation and the petition for the order of curatorship is…

1:385 Article 1:385

Subject to the provisions of Articles 383 and 384, Articles 250 and 280, under b, 281 paragraph 1 under a and paragraph 2, 322, first paragraph…

1:386 Article 1:386

The provisions regarding the administration of the guardian shall apply mutatis mutandis to the administration of the curator (curator). However, the…

1:387 Article 1:387 repealed
1:388 Article 1:388 repealed
1:389 Article 1:389

The curatorship ends:

1:390 Article 1:390

All judgments whereby a curatorship is granted or terminated, or whereby a judgment of placement under curatorship is annulled, as well as orders as…

1:391 Article 1:391

A public register shall be maintained by a body to be designated by administrative order, in which legal facts are recorded relating to curatorship…