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- What are support measures and what are they for?
- What are the main changes included in the 2021 Law regarding support measures?
- Can I start processing support measures for a 17-year-old, thinking that when they come of age they will need help in some areas?
- Where can I get the document I need to take to court to propose support measures? What else do I need to bring?
- Who can request a support measure?
- If the person accepts the notarial route and it is not a representative assistance, is it necessary to make general powers of attorney?
- What does the role of the assistant entail and what are their functions?
- Who decides whether a person needs a support measure and what criteria are used to determine it?
- Can we request a review of support measures when we see that the person has improved and perhaps no longer needs them?
- How can I request assistance?
- Who provides the support measures?
- What assistance do foundations offer and how do they work?
- When is it advisable to request assistance?
- What happens if the person does not want support measures, but the family sees that they need them?
- What should I do to report that a person who has been granted support measures is not receiving adequate care?
- Are there any concrete measures to help someone manage their finances?
Can I start processing support measures for a 17-year-old, thinking that when they come of age they will need help in some areas?
Judith Franco Arrese
Lawyer. Legal advisor with coordination functions
Fundació Malalts Mentals de Catalunya
The law allows support measures procedures to be initiated when the person is 17 years old, when it is reasonably foreseen that, after the age of 18, they may require support in the exercise of their legal capacity, although they will not have effects until they reach the age of majority.
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Judith Franco Arrese
Lawyer. Legal advisor with coordination functions
Fundació Malalts Mentals de Catalunya