On Sun, Jun 17, 2001 at 12:05:26AM -0400, Smitty wrote:
> It was in use in Michigan when I left in '94 and is still used down here!
Two states I'll never deliberately act out in, then.
> You are right about the "interesting" civil commitment law. It is called the
> "Baker Act" and gives far too much power to certain privileged parties to
> seize and imprison an individual for up to 72 hours.
A *LOT* of damage can be done in 72 hours. Because of my friend's
behavior after being treated in Florida, his relatives ended up chartering
a plane to come get him ASAP (to avoid the Baker Act).
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- Isaiah
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