Personalized social support measure (Masp) or judicial (Maj)
Verified 01 January 2026 - Public Service / Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
The accompanying measures are intended to help adults who have great difficulties in managing their wealth, but who do not have psychological or psychiatric difficulties. These individuals must receive social benefits (e.g. RSA: titleContent), but fail to use them properly. We present you the information to know.
There are 2 types of measurement: personalized social support measure (Masp)set up in agreement with the person in difficulty, and judicial accompanying measure (Maj), which is imposed by the judge.
Masp
The Masp is implemented by the social services of the department.
It is intended to help an adult whose health or safety is threatened by the difficulties they encounter in managing their resources and social benefits.
The Masp is the subject of a personalized social support contract (Casp).
It can be implemented on its own or as a follow-up to a judicial accompanying measure (Maj) that ends.
The Masp concerns adults who will spend without counting, or who will give their money to strangers for no particular reason and in a usual way.
Reciprocal Commitments
The measurement takes the form of a personalized social support contract (Casp) between the department's services and the person concerned.
The Casp provides for actions to promote the social integration of the person.
It is also intended to ensure that the person concerned by the measure is able to manage his social benefits on his own again.
The beneficiary of the Casp may authorize the services of the department to collect and manage, for him, all or part of the social benefits he receives. These benefits may be affected as a priority payment of rent and outstanding rental charges.
Refusal to sign or breach of contract
If the adult refuses to sign the contract or does not respect it, and he has not paid his rent for 2 months, it can be asked to the judge that the social benefits are first used to pay the rent and rental charges.
This request is made by the services of the department.
In this case, an automatic debit is set up.
Duration of the sampling
This levy may be set up for 4 years maximum.
It must not have the effect of depriving the person of his resources to live and that of his dependants.
The department can at any time ask the judge to stop this measure.
Yes, one financial contribution may be requested from the person who has signed a contract.
The amount is determined on the basis of its resources and expenses, subject to a ceiling.
The income taken into account is that received in the year preceding the introduction of the measure.
The levy is made in installments as for income tax.
Annual income band | Percentage taken | Maximum amount in the tranche | Annual cumulative maximum amount |
|---|---|---|---|
Enter €12,400 and €21,622 | 10% | €841.49 | €841.49 |
Enter €21,622 and €54,052 | 23% | €7,181.08 | €8,381.47 |
Enter €54,052 and €129,732 | 3% | €2,185.55 | €10,651.78 |
If a judicial representative for the protection of adults (Mjpm) has been appointed, a participation is also requested according to the income and expenses of the person concerned. In this case, the participation is monthly.
The contract duration varies from 6 months to 2 years.
He is renewable after prior assessment. The contract may be amended by endorsement.
The maximum duration of the contract may not exceed 4 years.
The measure ends at the end of the contract if the objectives set have been achieved.
The department's services inform the public prosecutor of the person's social, financial and medical situation, and the results of the actions taken with him.
If the measure has not produced the desired effects, the prosecutor may then refer the matter to the judge responsible for litigation and protection of the judicial court to initiate a more binding measure (judicial accompanying measure, safeguarding justice, curatorship, guardianship).
Shift
The Maj is a measure pronounced by the judge. The latter appoints a legal representative for the protection of adults (MJPM) to collect and manage, all or part, the social benefits of a person in difficulty. The purpose of the measure is to restore its autonomy in the management of its resources.
Shift is binding, that is, it is imposed on the person concerned.
The following may be affected by the Shift:
- Major that has been the subject of a personalized social support measure (Masp) that has not made it possible to achieve the objectives envisaged and to make it autonomous in the management of its resources
- Major not subject to a measure of guardianship, curatorship or safeguarding justice.
- Major for which any less binding action (e.g. application of the rules on spouses' rights and duties) is insufficient.
Role of the Public Prosecutor
The public prosecutor is informed, by a report from social services, when a Masp has failed. He is then the alone to be able to refer the matter to the judge for a Shift. He must inform the department services.
Role of the litigation and protection judge (former guardianship judge)
The judge makes his decision after having received the opinion of the public prosecutor and heard or called the person concerned.
It appoints a judicial representative for the protection of adults (MJPM) from among those on a list drawn up and maintained by the prefect.
The judge decides which social benefits are covered by the measure. It can even extend them to family benefits.
Role of the Judicial Agent for the Protection of Adults (MJPM)
The MJPM collects the benefits included in the Shift and charges them to an account opened in the person's name. It can no longer receive them directly.
This account is attached to an institution authorized to receive funds from the public.
The MJPM must manage them in the person's best interests, taking into account their opinion and family situation. It must take educational action on her to enable her, in the long run, to manage her benefits on her own. The MJPM teaches him, for example, to prioritize the payment of his invoices, to follow his accounts.
The main consequence of the Shift is that the person concerned no longer manages its social and even family benefits.
However, Maj allows him to carry out all acts of civilian life. For example, shopping, managing your salary, selling property belonging to you, inheriting.
The judge monitors the measures put in place and can adapt them if necessary.
Yes, the person must contribute to the financing of the measure based on their income and expenses. This participation is monthly.
The income taken into account is that received in the year preceding the introduction of the measure.
The levy is made in installments as for income tax.
Annual income band | Percentage taken | Maximum amount in the tranche | Annual cumulative maximum amount |
|---|---|---|---|
Enter €12,400 and €21,622 | 10% | €841.49 | €841.49 |
Enter €21,622 and €54,052 | 23% | €7,181.08 | €8,381.47 |
Enter €54,052 and €129,732 | 3% | €2,185.55 | €10,651.78 |
The department also funds the Shift based on the social benefits that are the subject of the measure.
The duration is determined by the judge.
She's from 2 years maximum, renewable 1 time for 2 years. However, if the judge orders a renewal, his decision must be reasoned.
Renewal may be requested by the following persons:
- Protected person
- Judicial agent for the protection of adults (Mjpm)
- Public Prosecutor.
The same applies to terminating or changing the scope of the measure: the judge may do so at any time, ex officio or at the request of one of the persons mentioned above, after hearing it.
The measure ends automatically if a safeguard measure of justice, guardianship or curatorship is opened.
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