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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 574.024: APPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEY.
Where this section sits in the code
- HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
- TITLE 7. MENTAL HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY
- SUBTITLE C. TEXAS MENTAL HEALTH CODE
- CHAPTER 574. COURT-ORDERED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
- SUBCHAPTER B. PROTECTIVE CUSTODY
(a) When a protective custody order is signed, the judge or designated magistrate shall appoint an attorney to represent a proposed patient who does not have an attorney.
(b) Within a reasonable time before a hearing is held under Section 574.025, the court that ordered the protective custody shall provide to the proposed patient and the proposed patient's attorney a written notice that states:
(1) that the proposed patient has been placed under a protective custody order;
(2) the grounds for the order; and
(3) the time and place of the hearing to determine probable cause.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
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