The Juridical-Legal Status of Transactions of People with Dependent Personality Disorder

The spread of mental disorders within the communities has caused many people to be vulnerable and harmed. Meanwhile, people with various disorders may experience more harm. Dependent personality disorder (DPD) is one of the most common personality disorders in which a person has an excessive and pervasive need to be taken care of by others .The person needs others to take responsibility for most of the major issues in their lives and since they fear losing others' support or approval and because of getting their support and love, they engage in any unpleasant action, including reluctant transactions, which directly affect the validity of their legal actions. The main question raised here is how is the status of transactions of people with DPD according to their characteristics? This article has been compiled in a library method and in a descriptive-analytical approach. In order to clarify the jurisprudential aspects of the subject, the opinions of the jurists have been obtained and analyzed through sending enquiries (istefta`). Also, to further investigate the legal aspects of the subject, the related juridical cases were studied and evaluated. The results of the study indicate that in personality disorders, in the assumption of DPD, people turn to reluctant transactions against their inner desire only because of the fear of losing support of others or the dependent partner. For the same reason, the satisfaction of transactions is impaired. And according to Article 199 of the Civil Law, which considers involuntary transactions as non-enforceable, the transactions of this group of people are also placed in the non-intrusion valley due to reluctance caused by mental disorder. In case of satisfaction, the transaction is correct and will be the source of effects.