The application to open the measure may be made to the judge by the person who needs to be protected or, as the case may be, by his or her spouse, the partner with whom he or she has entered into a civil solidarity pact or his or her cohabiting partner, unless life together has ceased between them, or by a relative or ally, a person who has a close and stable relationship with the adult, or the person who is exercising a legal protection measure in respect of him or her.
It may also be presented by the public prosecutor either ex officio or at the request of a third party.