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Request For Emergency Hearing Form. This is a Massachusetts form and can be use in State District Court Statewide.
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DOCKET NO. (to be added by court)
REQUEST FOR EMERGENCY HEARING
Trial Court of Massachusetts
District Court Department
AFTER INVOLUNTARY ADMISSION TO MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY
G.L. c. 123, § 12(b)
District Court
To be completed after consultation with a lawyer, if any, and then filed with the court by FAX and a copy given to the facility Director.
NAME OF PATIENT
IN THE MATTER OF
I, the patient named above, have been involuntarily admitted to
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NAME OF FACILITY
I hereby request an emergency court hearing because I have reason to believe that my admission resulted from an abuse or
misuse of the admission procedure of Massachusetts General Laws c. 123, § 12(b):
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The hospital did not inform me of my right to request a lawyer.
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A psychiatric examination was not conducted by a physician designated by the Department of Mental Health.
The hospital did not notify the Committee for Public Counsel Services of my request to have a lawyer.
The Committee for Public Counsel Services did not appoint a lawyer to represent me, or the lawyer appointed to
represent me did not meet with me.
A psychiatric examination was not conducted within two hours.
Other abuse or misuse of the § 12(b) admission procedure (describe the alleged abuse or misuse):
Please note that a designated physician’s clinical decision that failure to hospitalize the patient would create a likelihood of serious
harm by reason of mental illness is not subject to review at an emergency hearing.
I give permission to the facility to release my mental health records to the court solely for the purpose of the requested hearing.
DATE SIGNED
COUNSEL’S SIGNATURE (if any)
PATIENT’S SIGNATURE
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X
COURT’S RULING ON REQUEST
To be completed by judge and returned to patient and admitting facility by FAX
Upon review of the above request, the Court hereby ORDERS that:
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The request for hearing is ALLOWED and a HEARING IS SCHEDULED for ________________________________
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IN THIS COURT.
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AT THE FACILITY NAMED ABOVE.
DATE & TIME
The patient shall be present at such hearing unless through counsel he or she waives the right to be present.
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The request for hearing is DENIED because:
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DATE
The above request does not allege any abuse or misuse of the admission procedure of § 12(b).
Other (describe):
JUDGE
X
(rev. 08/08)
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