Article 59. Legal Representation

Rights and legally protected interests of incapacitated or partially dispositive capable persons shall be protected in court by their legal representatives (parents, adoptive parents, guardians, trustees).

In a case in which a citizen recognized as missing in the established manner must participate, the person appointed to guard and manage the property of the missing person shall act as his representative.

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

A legal representative shall have the right to entrust the conduct of a case in court to another person chosen by him as a representative.

The legal representative of a minor under the age of fourteen, of a person recognized as incapacitated or missing, shall perform all procedural actions in the interests of the represented person when considering cases concerning the rights and legally protected interests of the person he represents.

The legal representative of a minor from fourteen to eighteen years of age, a person recognized as having limited legal capacity, shall perform all procedural actions in the interests of this person when considering cases within the scope of limited rights.

Legal representatives and representatives shall not be entitled to perform procedural actions in their own interests or contrary to the interests of the person they represent.