Walk It Through: The Evaluation Hold
Delivered by an officer, examined within three hours, and a crisis responder's decision.
A peace officer has reasonable cause to believe a person has a behavioral health disorder and presents an imminent likelihood of serious harm.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One emergency detention begun by a peace officer. The petition for further treatment, the probable cause hearing, and what imminent likelihood of serious harm and gravely disabled mean are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.