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Article 509 of the French Civil Code

The guardian may not, even with authorisation:

1° Perform acts which involve a gratuitous alienation of the property or rights of the protected person except as stated in relation to gifts, such as the remission of a debt, the gratuitous renunciation of an acquired right, the early renunciation of the action for reduction referred to in articles 929 to 930-5, the release of a mortgage or security without payment or the free constitution of an easement or security to guarantee the debt of a third party ;

2° Acquiring from a third party a right or claim that the latter holds against the protected person;

3° Carrying on business or a liberal profession in the name of the protected person;

4° Purchasing the protected person’s property as well as taking it on lease or farm, subject to the provisions of Article 508;

5° Transferring the property or rights of a protected person of full age into a fiduciary estate.

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Article 509

Le tuteur ne peut, même avec une autorisation :

1° Accomplir des actes qui emportent une aliénation gratuite des biens ou des droits de la personne protégée sauf ce qui est dit à propos des donations, tels que la remise de dette, la renonciation gratuite à un droit acquis, la renonciation anticipée à l’action en réduction visée aux articles 929 à 930-5, la mainlevée d’hypothèque ou de sûreté sans paiement ou la constitution gratuite d’une servitude ou d’une sûreté pour garantir la dette d’un tiers ;

2° Acquérir d’un tiers un droit ou une créance que ce dernier détient contre la personne protégée ;

3° Exercer le commerce ou une profession libérale au nom de la personne protégée ;

4° Acheter les biens de la personne protégée ainsi que les prendre à bail ou à ferme, sous réserve des dispositions de l’article 508 ;

5° Transférer dans un patrimoine fiduciaire les biens ou droits d’un majeur protégé.

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