The appeal is heard and decided in chambers.
The procedure is oral.
The parties’ submissions or the reference they make to submissions they would have made in writing are noted on the file or recorded in minutes.
At the hearing, the court shall hear the appellant, the adult to be protected or protected, unless the court applies the provisions of the second paragraph of article 432 or article 494-4 of the Civil Code and, where appropriate, the public prosecutor.
The parties’ lawyers, where they have constituted one, are heard in their observations.