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Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 330. Mental Health Code § 330.1498b

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 498b.As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:

(a) “Court” means the probate court or the court with responsibility with regard to mental health services for the county in which a minor who has requested hospitalization, for whom a request for hospitalization has been made, or who has been hospitalized pursuant to this chapter either resides or was found.

(b) “Minor requiring treatment” means either of the following:

(i) A minor with a substantial disorder of thought or mood that significantly impairs judgment, behavior, capacity to recognize reality, or ability to cope with the ordinary demands of life.

(ii) A minor having a severe or persistent emotional condition characterized by seriously impaired personality development, individual adjustment, social adjustment, or emotional growth, which is demonstrated in behavior symptomatic of that impairment.

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