Section 330.1489 - Legal competence; presumption; effect of prior commitment. - Michigan Statutes

MENTAL HEALTH CODE (EXCERPT)
Act 258 of 1974

330.1489 Legal competence; presumption; effect of prior commitment.

Sec. 489.

(1) No determination that a person requires treatment, no order of court authorizing hospitalization or alternative treatment, nor any form of admission to a hospital shall give rise to a presumption of, constitute a finding of, or operate as an adjudication of legal incompetence.

(2) No order of commitment under any previous statute of this state shall, in the absence of a concomitant appointment of a guardian, constitute a finding of or operate as an adjudication of legal incompetence.

History: 1974, Act 258, Eff. Nov. 6, 1974