Delaware Code Title 10 Sec. 1061 – Examination; treatment; payment
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(a) The Court may order any person within its jurisdiction examined by a licensed practitioner in the appropriate field, and if the examiner shall certify that treatment would be in the interest of the examined person and the public, order such treatment.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 10 Sec. 1061
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
(b) The Court may, after a reasonable opportunity to be heard, order the examined person, or the person legally liable for the person’s support, to repay the Court for its outlay on the person’s behalf, such sum, in such manner, within the person’s ability, as the Court determines.
10 Del. C. 1953, § ?970; 58 Del. Laws, c. 114, § ?1; 69 Del. Laws, c. 335, § ?1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1; 80 Del. Laws, c. 373, § 1;