New York Petition - Mental Illness or Mental Retardation of Parents

The criteria for involuntary hospitalization are as follows: patients must exhibit dangerous behavior toward themselves or others, they must be helpless and unable to provide for their basic daily needs, and there is a danger of essential harm to their mental health if they do not receive mental care.

An application for the involuntary admission of an adult may be made to a registered medical practitioner by a spouse, civil partner or relative, an authorised officer, a Garda or any other person.

Print a temporary guardianship form. Fill it out completely. Have the temporary guardianship form notarized. This essential step assures anyone receiving the form (such as medical personnel) that it is indeed your signature on the form.

The names of the forms are usually: Petition for Appointment of Guardian (or Petition for Appointment of Guardian of Minor) Petition for Conservatorship (when dealing with an incompetent adult) Order Appointing Guardian.

A guardianship case can be started by filing paperwork called "Petition for Appointment of Guardian" in the county where the child lives. This paper work can be filed in either Surrogate's Court or the Family Court. Both Surrogate's Court and Family Court can appoint a guardian of the person for a child.

Involuntary commitment should be limited to persons who pose a serious risk of physical harm to themselves or others in the near future. Under no circumstances should involuntary commitment be imposed upon someone based upon a risk of harm to property or a risk of non-physical harm.

To get a real mental evaluation, you must speak with a professional mental health specialist or a psychiatrist. Your GP will help you diagnose certain other conditions such as alcohol dependence, thyroid disease, learning disabilities, and more.

The person is actually in need of a long-term treatment setting; The person's primary diagnosis (or diagnoses) is/are: substance abuse, substance dependence, dementia, mental retardation, malingering and/or antisocial personality disorder.

Section 5150 of the California Welfare and Institutions Code states that any California peace officer can insist on the confinement of a person who is exhibiting probable cause to make him or her believe that the behavior called to their attention is the result of a mental disorder, a danger to others, or to himself