Swiss Civil Code

¹ The adult pro­tec­tion au­thor­ity shall es­tab­lish a deputy­ship if an adult:

1.

due to a learn­ing dis­ab­il­ity, a men­tal dis­order or a sim­il­ar in­her­ent de­bil­ity is wholly or par­tially un­able to man­age his or her own af­fairs;

2.

due to a tem­por­ary loss of the ca­pa­city of judge­ment or tem­por­ary ab­sence is neither able to take care of mat­ters that must be dealt with, nor has ap­poin­ted a rep­res­ent­at­ive.

² Ac­count must be taken of the bur­den on and the pro­tec­tion of fam­ily mem­bers and third parties.

³ The deputy­ship shall be es­tab­lished at the re­quest of the per­son con­cerned (the cli­ent) or a closely as­so­ci­ated per­son or ex of­fi­cio.