(1) For the discharge of their claim to compensation for expenses, the guardian, as reimbursement for expenses, may demand, for each guardianship for which they are not entitled to payment, an amount of money which for one year corresponds to sixteen times the amount that may be granted to a witness as the maximum amount of reimbursement for one lost working hour (section 22 of the Court Payment and Reimbursement Act (Justizvergütungs- und –entschädigungsgesetz)) (reimbursement for expenses). If the guardian has already received an advance payment or compensation for such outlays, the reimbursement for expenses is correspondingly reduced.
(2) The reimbursement for expenses is to be paid annually, for the first time one year after the appointment of the guardian.
(3) If the ward is destitute, the guardian may demand the reimbursement for expenses from the public treasury; maintenance claims of the ward against the guardian are not to be taken into account in this respect when income is assessed under section 1836c no. 1.
(4) The claim to reimbursement for expenses expires if it is not asserted within three months after the end of the year in which the claim arises; the assertion of the claim at the family court is also deemed to be an assertion vis-à-vis the ward.
(5) No reimbursement for expenses may be granted to the Youth Welfare Office or to an association.