GroundRules
WIC § 5203
Where this section sits in the code
- Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC
- DIVISION 5. COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES [5000. - 5987.]
- PART 1. THE LANTERMAN-PETRIS-SHORT ACT [5000. - 5550.]
- CHAPTER 2. Involuntary Treatment [5150. - 5349.1.]
- ARTICLE 2. Court-Ordered Evaluation for Persons with a Mental Health Condition [5200. - 5213.]
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 mental disorder, a danger to himself, or to others, or gravely disabled is guilty of a misdemeanor, and may be held liable in civil damages by the person against whom the petition was sought.
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