§334-133  Petition for additional period of treatment; hearing.  (a)  Before 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 unless the court determines the existence of a guardian, a guardian ad litem appointed, and notice provided in the same manner as under sections 334-123 and 334-125.

     (b)  The family court shall appoint a guardian ad litem, unless there is an existing guardian, 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 no 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, 24; am L 2016, c 114, §6; am L 2021, c 58, §7]