Swiss Civil Code

¹ The adult pro­tec­tion au­thor­ity shall or­der a meas­ure if:

1.

sup­port for the per­son in need offered by his or her fam­ily, oth­er closely re­lated per­sons or private or pub­lic ser­vices is or proves to be in­suf­fi­cient;

2.

where the per­son in need is no longer cap­able of judge­ment, he or she has failed to make any or suf­fi­cient ar­range­ments for his or her own care and the stat­utory meas­ures are in­suf­fi­cient.

² Any of­fi­cial meas­ure must be ne­ces­sary and suit­able.