The guardian requires ratification by the family court:
1. for a legal transaction by which the ward is obliged to make a disposition over their assets as a whole or of an inheritance that has accrued to them or of their future intestate portion or of their future compulsory portion, and a disposition over the share of the ward in an inheritance,
2. to disclaim an inheritance or a legacy, to waive a compulsory portion and for a contract for the division of an inheritance,
3. for a contract which is directed to the non-gratuitous acquisition or the alienation of a trade or business and for a shareholders’ or partnership agreement that is entered into to operate a trade or business,
4. for a usufructuary lease of a farm or a commercial business,
5. for a lease or usufructuary lease or another contract which obliges the ward to make periodical payments, if the contractual relationship is to continue for more than one year after the ward attains full age,
6. for an apprenticeship agreement that is concluded for longer than one year,
7. for a contract directed to the assumption of a service or employment relationship if the ward is to be obliged to render performance in person for longer than one year,
8. for taking out a loan against the credit of the ward,
9. for issuing a bearer bond or for the assumption of an obligation under a bill of exchange or another instrument that may be transferred by endorsement,
10. for the assumption of the liability of a third party, in particular for the assumption of a guarantee,
11. for the granting of a general commercial power of representation,
12. for a settlement or an arbitration agreement, unless the object of the dispute or of the uncertainty can be assessed in money and does not exceed the value of 3,000 euros, or the settlement corresponds to a judicial settlement suggestion made in writing or recorded by the court,
13. for a legal transaction that cancels or reduces the existing security for a claim of the ward or creates a duty to cancel or reduce it.