Forensic psychiatric facilities ordered to receive an involuntarily committed respondent shall have standing to petition the Circuit Court for any necessary clarification or modification of orders or judgments entered in proceedings under this chapter and to appeal from final judgments or orders entered in proceedings which have not complied with the provisions of this chapter. A copy shall be sent to the involuntarily committed respondent, the respondent’s guardian ad litem, and the respondent’s attorney of record, of whatever pleadings are filed by the hospital.
Effective:April 1, 2021
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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 202C.130

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Attorney: means attorney-at-law. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Hospital: means :
    (a) A state mental hospital or institution or other licensed public or private hospital, institution, health-care facility, or part thereof, approved by the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services as equipped to provide full-time residential care and treatment for mentally ill persons or individuals with an intellectual disability. See Kentucky Statutes 202C.010
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.

History: Created 2021 Ky. Acts ch. 175, sec. 18, effective April 1, 2021.

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