The provisions of this chapter shall be supplemental to the provision of Title 41, Chapters 30 and 31, Mississippi Code of 1972. A person may be involuntarily committed for alcoholism or drug addiction, or both, to a private treatment facility, upon a judgment of the chancery court of the county of such person’s residence, or in the county where such person may be found.
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-32-1
Scope of chapter; involuntary commitment upon judgment of chancery court
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case McIntire v. Moore (1987)
Most recently applied in McIntire v. Moore (September 1987)
Laws, 1983, ch. 456, § 1, eff from and after July 1, 1983.
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