(1) The custodianship includes all activities that are necessary to attend to the affairs of the person under custodianship from a legal point of view in accordance with the following provisions.
(2) The custodian is to attend to the affairs of the person under custodianship in a manner that is conducive to that person’s welfare. The well-being of the person under custodianship also includes the possibility for them to shape their life, within their capabilities, according to their own wishes and ideas.
(3) The custodian is to comply with wishes of the person under custodianship to the extent that this is not inconsistent with the best interests of the latter and can be expected of the custodian. This also applies to wishes which the person under custodianship expressed before the appointment of the custodian, unless they discernibly do not wish to uphold these wishes. Before the custodian deals with important matters, they discuss them with the person under custodianship, to the extent that this is not inconsistent with the best interests of the latter.
(4) Within their scope of functions, the custodian is to work towards opportunities being seized to alleviate or improve the illness or handicap of the person under custodianship, to prevent the exacerbation of the illness or handicap or to mitigate its consequences. If the custodianship is conducted as an occupation or profession, then where appropriate the custodian is to draw up, on the order of the court, a custodianship plan at the commencement of the custodianship. The custodianship plan is to set out the aims of the custodianship and the measures to be undertaken to achieve them.
(5) If the custodian becomes aware of circumstances which enable the cancellation of the custodianship, they are to notify the custodianship court of this. The same applies to circumstances which enable a restriction of the scope of functions or require its extension, the appointment of a further custodian or the order of a reservation of consent (section 1903).