French Civil Code
In forcePersons other than the legal representative for the protection of adults carry out legal protection measures free of charge. However, the guardianship judge or the family council if it has been constituted may authorise, depending on the importance of the assets managed or the difficulty of exercising the measure, the payment of an indemnity to the person responsible for protection. It sets the amount. This indemnity is payable by the protected person.
If the judicial protection measure is exercised by a judicial agent for the protection of adults, its funding is payable in full or in part by the protected person depending on his or her resources and in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in the Code of Social Action and Families.
Where the protected person is unable to fund the measure in full, the public authorities will pay for it, in accordance with the calculation methods common to all judicial representatives for the protection of adults, taking into account the conditions under which the measure is implemented, regardless of the sources of funding. These methods are set by decree.
Exceptionally, the judge or the family council if it has been constituted may, after obtaining the opinion of the public prosecutor, allocate to the judicial representative for the protection of adults, for the performance of an act or a series of acts required by the protection measure and involving particularly long or complex diligence, an allowance in addition to the sums received under the previous two paragraphs when they prove to be manifestly insufficient. This compensation is payable by the protected person.
The mandate for future protection is exercised free of charge unless otherwise stipulated.
