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Civil Act — Article 959-17 (Restrictions on commencement of voluntary guardianship)

민법 제959조의17

(1) If a voluntary guardian is a person who falls under any subparagraph of Article 937 or otherwise a person who has committed a significant misdeed or a person in whose case any ground for his or her inappropriateness for the affairs set forth in the guardianship contract arises, the Family Court shall not appoint a supervisor of voluntary guardianship.

(2) Where an appointed guardian under voluntary guardianship commits any significant misdeed or otherwise falls under any ground inappropriate for his or her affairs, the Family Court may remove the guardian under voluntary guardianship from his or her position upon the application of the supervisor of voluntary guardianship, the principal, any relative of the principal, a public prosecutor, or the head of a local government.[This Article Added on Mar. 7, 2011]

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