MENTAL HEALTH CODE (EXCERPT)
Act 258 of 1974
LEGAL COMPETENCE


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 assisted outpatient treatment, nor any form of admission to a hospital gives rise to a presumption of, constitutes a finding of, or operates as an adjudication of legal incompetence.
    (2) No order of commitment under any previous statute of this state, in the absence of a concomitant appointment of a guardian, constitutes a finding of or operates as an adjudication of legal incompetence.


History: 1974, Act 258, Eff. Nov. 6, 1974 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 593, Eff. Mar. 28, 2019





330.1490 Persons entitled to copies of MCL 330.1489.

Sec. 490.

     Individuals receiving involuntary mental health treatment under this chapter shall receive a copy of section 489 upon the commencement of involuntary mental health treatment. An individual discharged from a hospital shall receive a copy of section 489 upon request.


History: 1974, Act 258, Eff. Nov. 6, 1974 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 290, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996





330.1491-330.1497 Repealed. 1995, Act 290, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996.


Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections pertained to legal competency.




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