What is the cost of guardianship, curatorship, family empowerment or safeguarding the justice of an adult?
Verified 02 July 2026 - Public Service / (Prime Minister)
The establishment of a judicial protection measure (guardianship, trusteeship) is free of charge. However, some fresh are the responsibility of the person to be protected such as the detailed medical certificate, the remuneration of the professional representative or that for the control and approval of the revenue and expenditure accounts. We present you the information to know.
The detailed medical certificate cost €192 TTC (€160 excluding tax). He is not not reimbursed by the CPAM: titleContent.
When the expert doctor goes to the adult to be protected or protected to make the expertise, he can charge travel expenses.
All these fees are at the expense of the middle finger to be protected.
Legal aid does not support the cost of this certificate.
FYI
When the no protected person can stay at home and that she must integrate a retirement home, a Ehpad: titleContent for example, a medical opinion must be established by a doctor. The cost of this medical advice of not staying at home is €25.
When the public prosecutor or the guardianship judge requests the establishment of the detailed medical certificate, its cost may be covered by the court's legal costs.
When the physician is mandated by the court and establishes a certificate of deficiency because he was unable to speak with the adult to be protected, a lump sum compensation of €30 is paid to him.
The rules differ depending on the person managing:
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Management by a relative of the protected person
The protective measure exercised by a close relative of the adult is protected volunteer. He doesn't get paid.
However, the guardianship judge (or the family council) may authorize the payment of compensation to the person responsible for the measurement.
This compensation depends on the size of the assets managed (for example, if the protected person has significant assets) or the difficulty of exercising the measure.
The judge (or family council) determines the amount of compensation.
She is dependent on the protected person.
Management by a legal representative for the protection of adults (MJPM)
Remuneration
The judicial representative for the protection of adults receives remunerationas part of its mission.
This remuneration shall be paid by protected major and depends on his income.
The revenues taken into account are those received during the previous year.
If the resources of the protected person are less than or equal to the annual amount of theAAH: titleContent, the remuneration of the trustee shall be borne by the public authority.
The remuneration of the judicial representative shall be paid monthly à term expired.
Remuneration may be paid quarterly if its monthly amount does not exceed €12.31.
In the event of temporary unavailability of the income of the protected person (e.g. payment of the retirement pension), the payment may be postponed without being able to exceed 9 month.
The calculation is carried out by slices that are added, as in the case of income tax.
Annual income bracket | Percentage taken | Maximum amount in the band | Annual cumulative maximum amount |
|---|---|---|---|
Enter €0 and €12,499 | 0 | €0 | €0 |
Enter €12,499 and €22,404.20 | 10% | €991 | €991 |
Enter €22,404.20 and €56,010.50 | 23% | €7,729 | €8,720 |
Enter €56,010.50 and €134,425.20 | 3% | €2,352 | €11,072 |
Example :
- The protected person has perceived €20,000 of income, it is in the 2nd tranche. Participation is calculated as follows:
€20,000 - €12,499 x 10% = €751 /year or€63 /month
- The protected person has perceived €47,000 of income, it is in the 3rd tranche. Participation is calculated as follows:
2nd tranche: €22,404.20 - €12,499 = 9,906 x 10% = €991/year
3rd tranche: €47,000 - €22,404.20 = €24,596 x 23% = €5,658 /year
Total participation: 2nd + 3rd tranche = €6,648/year or €554 /month
- The protected person has perceived €119,000 of income, it is in the 4th tranche. Participation is calculated as follows:
2nd tranche: €22,404.20 - €12,499 = 9,906 x 10% = €991/year
3rd tranche: €56,010.50 - €22,404.20 = €33,607 x 23%= €7,729 /year
4th tranche: €119,000 - €56,010.50 = €62,990 x 3% = €1,890/year
Total participation: 2nd tranche + 3rd tranche + 4th tranche: €991 + €7,729 + €1,890 = €10,609.646/year or €885/month
The agent's remuneration may not exceed the maximum amount of the protected person's participation, either €10,609.646/year.
Supplementary allowance
Exceptionally, the representative may request to collect a supplementary allowance for the performance of particularly long or complex tasks. For example, in the following cases:
- Settlement of an estate
- Follow-up of judicial or administrative proceedings
- Sale of a property of the protected adult
- Management of family conflicts.
This allowance is at the expense of the protected middle finger.
Such compensation shall be fixed by order of the judge or deliberation of the family council. The rate is 12 x €12.31 either €147.72. From the 15th hour of these missions, the rate is 15x €12.31, or €184.65.
In addition to these remuneration and allowances, the qualified professional may request, for the performance of his mission, the reimbursement of travel expenses (transport, meals, accommodation).
After notice of public prosecutor, the judge or family council may grant the judicial representative such additional compensation.
The representative must submit his claim for compensation, accompanied by supporting documents necessary, the guardianship judge (or the family council if it is constituted). It must justify the exceptional nature of the workload and the inadequacy of the amounts collected.
FYI
As exceptional and temporary, the prefect may waive, in part or in full, the payment of the protected person’s participation if the protected person has incurred significant debts before the opening of the protection measure. In this case, the participation will be paid by the public authority.
The remuneration of the representative shall be calculated on the basis of the following:
- Workload related to the execution of measures, but also the place of life of the protected person
- Resources of the protected person
- Subsidiary public funding paid according to rules that vary depending on the trustee.
Example: an associative representative will receive funding in the form of an endowment or grant, an individual representative will receive an indemnity calculated by file.
The amount of the protected person's participation shall be calculated on the basis of the annual amount of his resources of the previous year.
The resources taken into account are:
- Gross income and profits (excluding life annuities and income from vouchers or capitalization contracts and investments such as life insurance)
- Income and capital gains from savings accounts, savings plans and passbooks
- Income received outside France or paid by an international organization
- Incentive, participation and employee savings schemes, certain bonds or capitalization contracts and investments (life insurance)
- Disabled adults' allowance, top-up and independent living surcharge
- Solidarity allowance for elderly people
- Minimum old-age allowance
- (RSA)
- Activity bonus.
In the field of guardianship and enhanced curatorship, the guardian or trustee shall establish a revenue and expenditure account (except where the judge orders an exemption).
This revenue and expenditure account shall be sent to the person responsible for monitoring and approving it.
This person may be a family member (substitute guardian, co-tutor, substitute curator, co-curator of...) the protected major. They can also be a professional: notary, commissioner of justice, lawyer, accountant, auditor, administrator or judicial agent.
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Control by a substitute guardian, substitute trustee or family council
If the control is carried out by a substitute guardian, a substitute trustee or by a family council, no remuneration is not planned for this mission.
Control by a qualified professional
Remuneration
The cost of controlling the revenue and expenditure account is dependent on the protected person.
It shall be exempt from payment where it meets the following cumulative conditions:
- Resources less than or equal to the annual RSA: titleContent
- Available financial assets (current account, livret A, LDD, Popular savings passbook ...) less than or equal to €35,000.
Annual income bracket | Percentage taken | Maximum amount in the band | Annual cumulative maximum amount HT: titleContent | Annual cumulative maximum amount TTC: titleContent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Enter €0 and €7,882.87 + available wealth greater than €35,000 | Package: €30 | €36 | ||
Enter €7,882.87 and €12,499 | 0.8% | €37 | €37 | €45 |
Enter €12,499 and €22,404.20 | 0.9% | €89 | €127 | €152 |
Enter €22,404.20 and 56,010.50 | 1% | €336 | €463 | €555 |
Enter €134,425.20 and 56,010.50 | 1.1% | €863 | €1,325 | €1,590 |
More than €134,425.20 | 1.2% | €4,675 | €6,000 | €7,200 |
Markup
The remuneration shall be increased by:
- 30% where the financial assets are between €50,000 and €200,000, without this increase exceeding €100
- 75% where the financial assets are greater than €200,000, without this increase exceeding €200.
The increase shall be calculated on the basis of tax-free remuneration qualified professional.
Example :
The protected person has an annual income of €45,000 and a financial heritage of €150,000, the remuneration of the person responsible for the control shall be:
2nd tranche: €7,882.87 - €12,499 x 0.8% = €37HT
3rd tranche: €12,499 - €22,404.20 x 0.9% = €89 HT
4th tranche: €45,000 - €22,404.20 x 1% = €226 HT
Cumulation of remuneration (2nd + 3rd + 4th installments) = €353 HT
Increase in remuneration due: 30%
Total remuneration due: €353 x 30% = €106 HT
The increase may not exceed €100, the protected person shall pay: €353 HT + €100 HT= €453 HT, either €543 TTC.
Supplementary allowance
Exceptionally, the qualified professional may request to receive a supplementary allowance. It must justify that its task of controlling and approving the revenue and expenditure accounts involves particularly long or complex procedures.
The judge (or family council if it is constituted) may ask the qualified professional for explanations and supporting documents. The professional must produce a record of the hours he considers to have worked beyond the normal diligences necessary for his mission.
This supplementary allowance is at the expense of the protected middle finger.
This compensation is fixed by order of the judge (or deliberation of the family council). The rate is 10 x €12.31, or €123.
In addition to these remuneration and allowances, the qualified professional may request, for the performance of his mission, the reimbursement of the following expenses:
- Postal and reprography costs
- Travel expenses (transport, meals, accommodation)
These fees must be limited insofar as the guardian or trustee sends the management accounts and supporting documents to the qualified professional.
The qualified professional must send his invoice to the guardian or trustee.
In case of litigation concerning the amount of the invoice, a procedure for court of justice or at local court may be engaged.
The amount of remuneration shall be calculated on the basis of the annual amount of the resources of the protected person of the previous year.
The resources taken into account are:
- Gross income and profits (salaries, wages, pensions, certain life annuities such as gross taxable property income, industrial, commercial, agricultural profits, income from movable capital, profits from non-commercial professions, profits on financial instruments, capital gains on the transfer of property or rights of any kind for consideration)
- Income and capital gains from savings books, plans and accounts...
- Income received outside France or paid by an international organization
- Portion of non-income-producing assets, profit-sharing schemes, employee participation schemes and employee savings schemes, certain bonds or capitalization contracts and investments (life insurance)
- Disabled adults' allowance (AAH) and the Independent Living Surcharge (AVM)
- Solidarity allowance for elderly people (Aspa)
- Minimum old-age allowance
- (RSA)
- Activity bonus.
The income not taken into account for the calculation of the remuneration of the qualified professional is as follows:
- Certain life annuities (annuities paid after the settlement of a PEL: titleContent or PEP...).
- Income from vouchers or capitalization contracts (life insurance contracts)
- Non-taxable income:
- Family benefits
- APL: titleContent
- Apa: titleContent
- Military invalidity or war victim pension, recognition allowance paid to returnees who are former members of the supplementary and similar formations or victims of captivity in Algeria and their surviving spouses or former spouses who are not remarried
- Salaries attached to the Legion of Honor and the Military Medal
- Lifetime benefits and annuities paid to victims of accidents at work or their rights holders
- Allowances, allowances and benefits paid by the State, local authorities and public institutions
- Damages and interest paid in the form of a life annuity following a judicial conviction for compensation for bodily harm that resulted in the victim being permanently incapacitated, requiring him to have recourse to the assistance of a third person for the ordinary acts of life
- FCH: titleContent
- Redundancy or voluntary redundancy payments made in the context of an employment protection plan
- Compensation paid to asbestos victims (Fiva: titleContent) or their successors in title
- Mutual pensions for war veterans and victims
- Allowance and bonus paid under a voluntary contract for integration
- The amount of the employer's coverage of the subscriptions subscribed by employees for public transport or bicycle rental for travel between their residence and the workplace
- Allowances paid to military personnel for their participation in operations aimed at the defense and preservation of French territory
- Flat-rate premiums for beneficiaries of the specific (ASS) solidarity allowance who resume a professional activity.
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Family allowance for protection (Article 419)
Enhanced supervision: obligation to draw up an annual revenue and expenditure account
Cost of medical certificate
Resources used to determine financial participation of protected person (R471-5-2 and R471-5-3)
Remuneration of natural persons acting as individual legal representatives for the protection of adults (Article R472-8)
Conditions for the application of the financial contribution of the protected person (Article 2)
Supplementary allowance granted exceptionally to judicial representatives for the protection of adults
Conditions for the application of the supplementary allowance to the protected person (Article 3)
Travel expenses of the qualified professional for the control and approval of revenue and expenditure accounts
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