Legal Summaries
Provides the criteria for involuntary commitment and their statutory definitions.
This summary is a diagram of the steps leading to court-ordered treatment after initiating the commitment process using each of the three commitment procedures (layperson, authorized clinician, emergency).
This summary explains the steps that will occur following the magistrate’s issuance of a custody order in response to a petition for involuntary commitment.
Summary explains the steps that will occur following the submission of a petition for commitment to a magistrate by a clinician authorized to perform the first examination in the commitment process.
This summary describes some of the special procedural steps that must be followed if an individual, in addition to being mentally ill and dangerous to self or others, also has mental retardation.
Summarizes seven cases where the court reviewed the facts to determine whether they supported a finding of dangerousness to self or dangerousness to others.
This summary sets forth the commitment criteria and outlines the commitment procedure beginning with the petition and custody order and continuing through the first and second examinations, court hearing and disposition, treatment, rehearing, supplemental hearing, and termination.
This summary outlines the criteria and procedure for an individual who is a substance abuser, dangerous to self or others, and in need of restraint due to violent behavior.
