The Mental Health Code

Due Process Rights and Preventing Other Harmful Errors in Mental Health Code Cases

Did you know that due to a 2015 statutory change in MCL 600.867 there has been an uptick in Court of Appeals' decisions involving the Mental Health Code? Previously, these orders were appealed to the Circuit Court, but they now are appealed to the Court of Appeals.

This white paper goes over the many recent published decisions on issues that concern due process rights of individuals with mental illness or disability.