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What Is Curatorship and Why Should You Be Careful?


Curatorship (or curatela in Spanish law) is a legal support measure designed to help people with disabilities or cognitive decline in making decisions. It can be assistive (supporting the person) or representative (making decisions on their behalf).


🔍 But be careful! It is not a guardianship or a removal of decision-making rights. The law requires that the will and preferences of the individual are always respected.


💥 In some real-life cases, such as an elderly man being unfairly separated from his long-time partner and placed in a care home against his will, curatorship has been imposed without properly assessing his autonomy, or with serious conflicts of interest by the curator (the person assigned to make decisions).


📌 Important precautions:

✔️ Always inform and listen to the person affected.

✔️ Request regular judicial reviews of the curatorship.

✔️ Challenge any financial interest the curator may have.

✔️ Ask the Public Prosecutor to intervene if something feels wrong.


🧾 Curatorship is not meant to silence, but to support.If you or a loved one are facing this situation, seek legal guidance. Dignity and autonomy have no age limit.


 
 
 
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