Abstract

BURGOS DEL PINO, D.M.  and  ROBLES SANCHEZ, J.I.. About civil disability in the dementias: review of current legislation and Supreme Court decisions. Sanid. Mil. [online]. 2014, vol.70, n.3, pp.204-212. ISSN 1887-8571.  https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/S1887-85712014000300011.

In view of the progressive population aging and the consequent increase of the persons´ prevalence with diagnosis of dementia and the concern of the relatives of which it could abuse them, from this article the legal regulations are exposed on the incapacitation and there is done a review of judgments of the Supreme Court between the year 2005 and 2012 in which persons are involved by the diagnosis of dementia. The conclusion is that the incapacitation of a person with dementia and the corresponding appointment of a tutor who represents and takes care of his of her and of his goods, is a legal advisable resource that becomes necessary in multitude of occasions, since it can turn in the different analyzed judgments.

Keywords : Dementia; incapacitation; legal tutor; Supreme Court.

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