Article 3. Basic concepts

The following basic concepts are used in this Law:

guardianship — a legal form of placing children under fourteen years of age who are orphans and children deprived of parental care, as well as citizens declared by a court to be legally incapable, for the purpose of their maintenance, upbringing and education, and for the protection of their property and personal non-property rights and lawful interests;

trusteeship — a legal form of placing orphans and children deprived of parental care who are from fourteen to eighteen years of age, as well as citizens whose legal capacity is limited by a court, for the purpose of their maintenance, upbringing and education, and for the protection of their property and personal non-property rights and lawful interests. Trusteeship may be established, at their request, for adult, legally capable citizens who, due to their state of health, are unable to exercise their rights and fulfill their duties independently;

a person under guardianship or trusteeship — a person in respect of whom guardianship or trusteeship has been established;

persons in need of the establishment of guardianship or trusteeship — orphans and children deprived of parental care who require special attention and protection of their rights, freedoms and lawful interests; children who have parents not deprived of parental rights but who live in conditions that pose an immediate threat to the childʼs life or health or fail to meet the requirements for their maintenance, upbringing and education; adult legally capable citizens who, due to their state of health, need trusteeship; citizens who are legally incapable or whose legal capacity is limited.