[§334-133]  Petition for additional period of treatment; hearing.  [Section effective until December 31, 2013.  For section effective January 1, 2014, see below.]  Prior to the expiration of the period of involuntary outpatient treatment ordered by the family court, any person, including an outpatient treatment psychiatrist, may file a petition with the family court for an order of continued involuntary outpatient treatment.  The petition shall be filed and notice provided in the same manner as under sections 334-123 and 334-125.

     The family court shall hold a hearing on the petition and make its decision in the same manner as provided under sections 334-123 to 334-127.  The family court may order the continued involuntary outpatient treatment for not more than 180 days after the date of the hearing pursuant to this section.

     This section shall be in addition to the provisions on the objection to discharge.

 

     §334-133  Petition for additional period [of] treatment; hearing.  [Section effective January 1, 2014.  Repeal and reenactment on July 1, 2020.  L 2013, c 221, §24.  For section effective until December 31, 2013, see above.]  (a)  Prior to the expiration of the period of assisted community treatment ordered by the family court, any interested party may file a petition with the family court for an order of continued assisted community treatment.  The petition shall be filed and notice provided in the same manner as under sections 334-123 and 334-125.

     (b)  The family court shall hold a hearing on the petition and make its decision in the same manner as provided under sections 334-123 to 334-127.  The family court may order the continued assisted community treatment for not more than one year after the date of the hearing pursuant to this section if the court finds that the criteria for assisted community treatment continue to exist and are likely to continue beyond one hundred eighty days.

     (c)  Nothing in this section shall preclude the subject's stipulation to the continuance [of] an existing court order.  This section shall be in addition to the provisions on the objection to discharge. [L 1984, c 251, pt of §1; am L 2013, c 221, §19]