Subsection 1: Duration of the measure

The judge shall determine the duration of the measure, which may not exceed five years. The judge who issues a guardianship measure may, by specially reasoned decision and on the assent of a doctor registered on the list referred to in Article 431 noting that the alteration of the personal faculties of the person concerned described in article 425 clearly does not appear likely to improve according to scientific knowledge,…

The judge may renew the measure for the same period. However, when the alteration in the personal faculties of the person concerned described in article 425 clearly does not appear likely to improve according to current scientific knowledge, the judge may, by specially reasoned decision and on the advice of a doctor on the list referred to in article 431, renew the measure for a longer period that he determines,…

The measure terminates, in the absence of renewal, on expiry of the time limit set, in the event of a final discharge judgment or in the event of the death of the person concerned. Without prejudice to articles 3 and 15, the judge may also terminate it when the protected person resides outside national territory, if this distance prevents the monitoring and control of the measure.