California Welfare and Institutions Code ARTICLE 2 - Court-Ordered Evaluation for Mentally Disordered Persons

• Section 5200.
  Any person alleged, as a result of mental disorder, to be a danger to others, or to himself, or to be gravely disabled, may be...
• Section 5201.
  Any individual may apply to the person or agency designated by the county for a petition alleging that there is in the county a person...
• Section 5202.
  The person or agency designated by the county shall prepare the petition and all other forms required in the proceeding, and shall be responsible for...
• Section 5203.
  Any individual who seeks a petition for court-ordered evaluation knowing that the person for whom the petition is sought is not, as a result of...
• Section 5204.
  The petition for a court-ordered evaluation shall contain the following:(a) The name and address of the petitioner and his interest in the case.(b) The name of the...
• Section 5205.
  The petition shall be in substantially the following form: In the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of _____The People of...
• Section 5206.
  Whenever it appears, by petition pursuant to this article, to the satisfaction of a judge of a superior court that a person is, as a...
• Section 5207.
  The order for evaluation shall be in substantially the following form:In the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of _____The People...
• Section 5208.
  As promptly as possible, a copy of the petition and the order for evaluation shall be personally served on the person to be evaluated and...
• Section 5210.
  At the time a person is taken into custody for evaluation, or within a reasonable time thereafter, unless a responsible relative or the guardian or...
• Section 5211.
  The report of a patient’s property required by Section 5210 to be made by the person taking him into custody for evaluation shall be in...
• Section 5212.
  Whenever possible, persons charged with service of orders and apprehension of persons pursuant to this article shall dress in plain clothes and travel in unmarked...
• Section 5213.
  (a) If, upon evaluation, the person is found to be in need of treatment because he or she is, as a result of mental disorder, a...

Last modified: October 22, 2018