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Division III - Decendents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations (TITLE 18 to TITLE 21)
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TITLE 21 - FIDUCIARY RELATIONS AND THE MENTALLY ILL (Chapter 1 to Chapter 24)
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Chapter 5 - Hospitalization of the Mentally Ill (Subchapter I to Subchapter VI)
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Subchapter IV - Commitment Under Court Order (Section 21-541 to Section 21-551)
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Subchapter IV - Commitment Under Court Order (Section 21-541 to Section 21-551)
Section 21-541 - Petition to Commission; copy to person affected
Section 21-542 - Hearing by Commission; presence and rights of person affected; hearing regarding liability
Section 21-543 - Representation by counsel; compensation; recess
Section 21-544 - Determinations of Commission; report to court; copy to person affected; right to jury trial
Section 21-545 - Hearing and determination by court or jury; order; witnesses; jurors
Section 21-545.01 - Renewal of commitment status by commission; review by Court
Section 21-546 - Periodic examinations of committed patients; procedure for examination and detention or release; petition to court
Section 21-547 - Judicial determination of petition filed under section 21-546; order; psychiatrists and qualified psychologists as witnesses
Section 21-548 - Request for revocation of outpatient status; confinement pending decision on revocation of outpatient status; hearing on outpatient revocation petition
Section 21-549 - Preservation of other rights to release
Section 21-550 - Surety
Section 21-551 - Nonresidents
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