To get the best help for your situation, first answer the questions on the Preliminary questions page.
Guardianship and continuing power of attorney
- Preliminary questions
- Take these steps
- Prepare for the future with a continuing power of attorney
- Preparing a continuing power of attorney
- Content of a continuing power of attorney document
- Keeping and validating the continuing power of attorney document
- Cancelling or changing the continuing power of attorney
- Identifying the situation
- Starting to use the power of attorney
- Managing matters with a continuing power of attorney
- End of the continuing power of attorney
- Identifying the situation of a close person
- Applying for guardianship
- During the guardianship
- Guardianship ends or the guardian is replaced
- When does a child need a guardian?
- Duties of a child’s guardian
- You guardianship duties are ending
- Help with managing finances
- Applying for a guardian for yourself
- If a guardian is appointed to me
- Changing guardians or termination of guardianship
- Checklist
Take these steps
Prepare for the future with a continuing power of attorney
What is meant by continuing power of attorney? What other methods are available?
Preparing a continuing power of attorney
Where can I get help for preparing a continuing power of attorney? Who would be a good donee?
Content of a continuing power of attorney document
What should be stated in the continuing power of attorney document?
Keeping and validating the continuing power of attorney document
Where should I keep the continuing power of attorney document? When is the continuing power of attorney validated?
Cancelling or changing the continuing power of attorney
Can I change the contents of the continuing power of attorney? How can I cancel the continuing power of attorney?
Identifying the situation
When can I start using the continuing power of attorney? What are the tasks of the donee?
Starting to use the power of attorney
How is the continuing power of attorney validated? How can I manage the donor’s affairs when the power of attorney is not yet in effect?
Managing matters with a continuing power of attorney
Which matters can I manage with a continuing power of attorney? Do I receive a fee for serving as a donee?
End of the continuing power of attorney
When does the continuing power of attorney end? What must the donee do when the power of attorney ends?
Identifying the situation of a close person
What can I do if a person close to me is no longer able to manage their finances?
Applying for guardianship
How can I apply for guardianship? Who can serve as a guardian?
During the guardianship
What is the guardian obliged to do? What should be taken into account if a public guardian is looking after the interests of a person close to me?
Guardianship ends or the guardian is replaced
When will the guardianship end? What should I do if I am no longer able or willing to serve as the guardian?
When does a child need a guardian?
When your child’s property exceeds 20,000 euros, you assume obligations in your role as the child’s custodian.
Duties of a child’s guardian
What is the scope of the guardianship? What can I buy with my child’s money? What happens if I make a mistake?
You guardianship duties are ending
Your guardianship duties end when the child reaches the age of 18.
Help with managing finances
What can I do if I can no longer manage my finances myself?
Applying for a guardian for yourself
I feel I need a guardian. How do I proceed?
If a guardian is appointed to me
What should I know if a guardian has been appointed to me?
Changing guardians or termination of guardianship
Can a guardian be changed to another person? When will the guardianship end?