Swiss Civil Code

¹ The adult pro­tec­tion au­thor­ity shall at the re­quest of a per­son par­ti­cip­at­ing in the pro­ceed­ings or ex of­fi­cio take all the pre­cau­tion­ary meas­ures re­quired for the dur­a­tion of the pro­ceed­ings. It may in par­tic­u­lar or­der an adult pro­tec­tion meas­ure as a pre­cau­tion­ary meas­ure.

² In cases of par­tic­u­lar ur­gency, it may take pre­cau­tion­ary meas­ures im­me­di­ately without hear­ing the per­sons par­ti­cip­at­ing in the pro­ceed­ings. At the same time, it shall give these per­sons the op­por­tun­ity to ex­press their views, after which it shall re­view its de­cision.

³ An ap­peal against pre­cau­tion­ary meas­ures may be filed with­in ten days of no­tice there­of be­ing giv­en.