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- What are support measures and what are they for?
- What happens if the person does not want support measures, but the family sees that they need them?
- When is it advisable to request assistance?
- 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?
- What are the main changes included in the 2021 Law regarding support measures?
- Where can I get the document I need to take to court to propose support measures? What else do I need to bring?
- 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?
- 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?
If the person accepts the notarial route and it is not a representative assistance, is it necessary to make general powers of attorney?
General powers of attorney and notarial assistance are two very different documents, both in their foundation, in the powers granted, and in their control.
Notarial assistance without powers of representation implies a need for support or collaboration requested by a person with a disability to exercise their capacity on equal terms. In contrast, general powers of attorney are granted regardless of whether support measures are required, as their purpose is to authorize another person to act on behalf of the grantor, under the terms specified in the power of attorney; these can also be established with a provision for continued validity in anticipation of loss of capacity.
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Judith Franco Arrese
Lawyer. Legal advisor with coordination functions
Fundació Malalts Mentals de Catalunya