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Art. 389 Schweizerisches Zivilgesetzbuch (ZGB)
ZGB; Dritte Abteilung: Der Erwachsenenschutz; Elfter Titel: Die behördlichen Massnahmen; Erster Abschnitt: Allgemeine Grundsätze; B. Subsidiarität und Verhältnismässigkeit
Art. 389 ZGB
Die Erwachsenenschutzbehörde ordnet eine Massnahme an, wenn: 1. die Unterstützung der hilfsbedürftigen Person durch die Familie, andere nahestehende Personen oder private oder öffentliche Dienste nicht ausreicht oder von vornherein als ungenügend erscheint; 2. bei Urteilsunfähigkeit der hilfsbedürftigen Person keine oder keine ausreichende eigene Vorsorge getroffen worden ist und die Massnahmen von Gesetzes wegen nicht genügen.
Jede behördliche Massnahme muss erforderlich und geeignet sein.
Gerichtsentscheide zu dieser Bestimmung (645)
C/20615/2024 · ge (art. 389 al. 1 ch. 1 CC)
Curatorship Scope Restricted to Real Property Management
Cited to establish the principle of subsidiarity for ordering a protection measure.
C/20615/2024 · ge (art. 389 al. 2 CC)
Curatorship Scope Restricted to Real Property Management
Cited regarding the requirement that a protection measure must be necessary and appropriate.
C/9360/2023 · ge (art. 389 al. 1 ch. 1 CC)
Appeal Against Curatorship Imposed Due to Incapacity
Cited regarding the principle of subsidiarity, confirming that external support was insufficient.
C/10608/2024 · ge (art. 389 al. 1 ch. 1 CC)
Appeal Against Curatorship Over Incapacity Finding
This article was cited in the reasoning to establish when a measure is ordered (when external support is insufficient), which was a key element in deciding the measure was no longer necessary.
C/10608/2024 · ge (art. 389 al. 2 CC)
Appeal Against Curatorship Over Incapacity Finding
This article was cited in the reasoning to establish the requirement that a measure must be necessary and appropriate, which led to the decision to annul the measure.
CMPEA.2025.26 · ne (Art. 389 al. 2 CC)
Curatorship Confirmation Upheld for Incapacitated Individual
This provision requires that any measure ordered (like the curatorship) must be necessary and appropriate, which the court found to be the case.
C/12776/2021 · ge (art. 389 al. 1 ch. 1 CC)
Appeal Against Curatorship for Mental Health and Financial Instability
Cited in the reasoning section regarding the conditions for ordering a measure when private/other support is insufficient.
C/12776/2021 · ge (art. 389 al. 2 CC)
Appeal Against Curatorship for Mental Health and Financial Instability
Cited in the reasoning section regarding the necessity and appropriateness of ordering a protection measure.
C1 24 211 · vs (Art. 389 CC)
Appeal of Curatorship Establishment for Mentally Ill Individual
The court implicitly confirmed the measure was necessary and proportionate, principles governed by this article, although this article was mainly discussed in the reasoning.
C/25697/2024 · ge (art. 389 al. 1 ch. 1 CC)
Curatorship Imposition Over Young Adult Challenged
Cited as the legal basis for ordering a measure when support from family or other services is insufficient (principle of subsidiarity).
C/25697/2024 · ge (art. 389 al. 2 CC)
Curatorship Imposition Over Young Adult Challenged
Cited as the requirement that a measure of adult protection may only be ordered if it is necessary and appropriate.
C/19937/2023 · ge (Art. 389 al. 1 ch. 1 CC)
Protection of Adults Tribunal Appeal: Curatorship Confirmation
Cited in the reasoning section to justify ordering a measure when existing support is insufficient.
C/19937/2023 · ge (Art. 389 al. 2 CC)
Protection of Adults Tribunal Appeal: Curatorship Confirmation
Cited in the reasoning section concerning the requirement that the measure be necessary and appropriate.
C1 24 31 · vs (art. 389 CC)
Curatorship Upheld Despite Challenge to Psychiatric Expert Report
Cited regarding the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality governing all protective measures.
ARMP.2025.59 · ne (Art. 389 al. 1 CC)
Appeal Against Appointment of External Administrator for Protected Person with Dementia
Cited in the reasoning regarding the principle of subsidiarity for ordering a protective measure.