Welf. & Inst. Code, § 5203 · Article 2. Court-Ordered Evaluation for Persons with a Mental Health Condition
Welf. & Inst. Code, § 5203
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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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 722.
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- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WIC§ionNum=5203.
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