person subject to a limited guardianship
Legal term under Japanese adult guardianship law. A person who has been placed under a limited guardianship (補助) due to diminished mental capacity, receiving assistance for specific legal acts.
A person under limited guardianship needs the consent of their guardian when entering into important contracts.
The court may designate someone as a person subject to limited guardianship depending on their mental capacity.
A full guardian for an adult who lacks mental capacity entirely, whereas 被補助人 is the person under a more limited form of assistance.
A person under curatorship (保佐), which is a middle level of guardianship between full guardianship and limited guardianship (補助).
Compound of 被 (hi, 'receiving') + 補助 (hojo, 'assistance') + 人 (nin, 'person'). A modern legal term created to describe the subject of limited guardianship under Japanese law.