{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-202b.210","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 202B.210","heading":"Right to counsel.","body":"Upon the filing of a petition for involuntary admission pursuant to KRS 202B.045, the\ncourt shall appoint an attorney to represent the respondent with the appointment and\nrepresentation to continue unless the respondent retains private counsel. The appoint ed\nattorney shall be forthwith notified by the clerk of the allegations in the petition and the\ndate and purpose of the preliminary hearing. When it is necessary to appoint counsel, the\nDistrict Court shall endeavor to appoint private counsel, if available , to represent\nrespondents, from a list of attorneys who have volunteered to represent such respondents.\nThe list shall be maintained by the District Court clerk. Private counsel appointed by the\ncourt shall be compensated in the manner set forth in KRS 620.100. If no other method of\nappointing counsel for the respondent is available, the respondent shall be represented by\nthe public advocate pursuant to KRS Chapter 31.","path":["KRS Chapter 202B"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=42306","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:52:00Z","sha256":"fd923817d9002b216f55189b4708f27abd8d11cae2dee3e53002cc9a795ca38e","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-202b.200","next":"us-ky/krs-202b.220"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}