The guardian draws up the guardianship budget, determining the annual sums required for the maintenance of the protected person and the reimbursement of the costs of administering his or her property, based on the size of the protected person’s assets and the operations involved in managing them. The guardian informs the family council or, failing that, the judge. In the event of difficulties, the budget is approved by the family council or, failing this, by the judge.
On his own responsibility, the guardian may include in the management costs the remuneration of the individual administrators whose assistance he requests.
If the guardian enters into a contract with a third party for the management of the protected person’s securities and financial instruments, he chooses the contracting third party in consideration of his professional experience and solvency. The contract may, at any time and notwithstanding any stipulation to the contrary, be terminated on behalf of the protected person.