The judge may authorise the family council to meet and deliberate without him or her being present when the family council has appointed a judicial representative for the protection of adults as tutor or subrogated tutor. The family council then appoints a chairman and a secretary from among its members, excluding the tutor and subrogated tutor.
The chairman of the family council sends the agenda for each meeting to the judge in advance.
Decisions taken by the family council only take effect in the absence of an objection lodged by the judge, in accordance with the conditions laid down in the Code of Civil Procedure.
The chairman performs the duties devolved to the judge for convening, meeting and deliberating the family council. However, the judge may, at any time, convene a meeting of the family council under his or her chairmanship.