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The probate courts' mental-health division page (identical on both courts' sites): the Mental Health Court handles all involuntary commitments for Denton County residents, placing patients at North Texas State Hospital, Wichita Falls, unless the family obtains a private facility's bed letter before any hearing; every application goes through the District Attorney's office using the packet of Application for Involuntary Temporary Commitment, Certificate of Medical Examination and, if needed, Affidavit of Inability; the application is completed in detail with pages three and five notarized, may be faxed to the DA but the originals must reach the court no later than the hearing date; the certificate must be completed by a doctor no later than five days before submission or the application is denied; the $502 filing fee may be waived on a notarized affidavit of inability filed before the ruling; the page supplies the attorney paperwork for long-term commitment, modification, medication, extended and probable-cause hearings.
Texas > Denton County > Probate Courts Nos. 1 and 2 (Mental Health Court division) — applicants, attorneys and proposed patients in involuntary commitment proceedings.
"The Mental Health Court is a division of the Statutory Probate Court. This court handles all involuntary commitments for residents of Denton County. All commitments done by this court are placed at The North Texas State Hospital, Wichita Falls Campus. Family members may pursue placement at a private facility, a bed letter from that facility must be submitted to the Court prior to any hearing. All applications must be submitted to the Denton County District Attorney's Office. The application process begins with the application packet. This packet consists of the Application for Involuntary Temporary Commitment, a Certificate of Medical Examination, and if needed an Affidavit of Inability. These will be available on the District Attorney's website. The Application — The application is to be filled out in as much detail as possible. The more information given, the more likely the application will be approved. The 3rd and the 5th pages must be notarized. You may fax the completed application and certificate of medical examination to the District Attorney's Office. However the originals must be submitted to the court no later than the date of the hearing. The second portion of the packet is the Certificate of Medical Examination. This must be completed by a doctor no later than five days before the application is submitted to the court. Without the Certificate of Medical Examination the application will be denied. The final part of the application packet is the Affidavit of Inability. There is a $502 filing fee associated with a Mental Health application. If the proposed patient is an adult and cannot afford the fees; this affidavit may be filled out, notarized and submitted to the court before a ruling is made on the application. If granted the fees are waived."
"The Mental Health Court is a division of the Statutory Probate Court. This court handles all involuntary commitments for residents of Denton County. All commitments done by this court are placed at The North Texas State Hospital, Wichita Falls Campus. Family members may pursue placement at a private facility, a bed letter from that facility must be submitted to the Court prior to any hearing. All
Reviewer note: Own-site HTML pages read in full 2026-09-06 from custody (the Probate Court No. 2 copy, page 1605, carries the same text and is folded as a companion receipt); quoted verbatim; undated; the registered Zoom mental-health order (TOPICs 2711) governs the hearing format. Joint probate instrument → county-level rule (court-less). Composed benchpath-ajr8-denton (own-site lane).
6 verbatim requirements on divisional requirements in GIUSEPPINA MIRANDA's division.
4 verbatim requirements on divisional requirements in HILARY CREARY's division.