Article 66. Legitimate representation

The rights and legally protected interests of incapacitated persons or those with a limited legal capacity shall be protected in court by their legal representatives (parents, adoptive parents, caregivers, custodians).

In the case, in which a citizen recognized in the established order as a missing person shall participate, the person appointed for protection and management of the property of the missing person shall act as his/her representative.

In a case in which the heir to a person who has died or has been declared dead in accordance with the established procedure shall participate, if the inheritance has not yet been accepted by anyone, a caregiver, custodian or keeper appointed to protect and manage the inherited property shall act as the heir's representative.

A legal representative shall have the right to entrust the proceedings in court to another person selected by him/her as a representative.

A legal representative of a minor under the age of fourteen or a person declared legally incapable or missing person shall perform all procedural actions in the interests of the represented person in the cases related to the rights and legally protected interests of the represented person.

A legal representative of a minor between 14 and 18 years of age or of a person declared as having limited legal capacity shall take all procedural steps in the interests of that person in the hearing of cases to the extent of the limited rights.