(1) If the guardian, for the purpose of conducting the guardianship, incurs outlays, then under the provisions applying to mandate of sections 669 and 670 the guardian may require an advance or reimbursement from the ward; the reimbursement of travelling expenses is governed by the arrangement made for experts in section 5 of the Court Payment and Reimbursement Act (Justizvergütungs- und –entschädigungsgesetz) accordingly. The supervisory guardian has the same right. Claims for reimbursement are extinguished if they are not asserted in court within 15 months after they arise; here, the assertion of the claim at the family court is also deemed to be an assertion vis-à-vis the ward.
(1a) The family court may lay down a period deviating from subsection (1) sentence 3 of a minimum of two months. The court document fixing the period is to provide information on the consequences of failure to observe the time limit. On application, the period may be extended by the family court. The claim expires to the extent that it is not quantified within the period.
(2) Outlays also include the costs of reasonable insurance against damage that may be caused to the ward by the guardian or the supervisory guardian or that may be suffered by the guardian or supervisory guardian because they are obliged to compensate a third party for damage caused by the conduct of the guardianship; this does not apply to the costs of the third-party liability insurance of the keeper of a motor vehicle. Sentence 1 is not to be applied if the guardian or supervisory guardian receives payment under section 1836 (1) sentence 2 in conjunction with the Guardians and Custodians Payment Act (Vormünder- und Betreuervergütungsgesetz).
(3) Such services of the guardian or of the supervisory guardian as belong to their business, trade or profession are also deemed to be expenses.
(4) If the ward is destitute, the guardian may require advance payment and reimbursement from the public treasury. Subsection (1) sentence 3 and subsection (1a) apply accordingly.
(5) The Youth Welfare Office or an association, as guardian or supervisory guardian, may require no advance payment and may require reimbursement only to the extent that the income and assets of the ward to be applied is sufficient. General management costs including the costs under subsection (2) are not reimbursed.