§ 600.1099b Definitions
§ 600.1099c Juvenile mental health court; adoption by family division of circuit court; eligible participants; certification by state court administrative office
§ 600.1099d Hiring or contracting with mental health professionals
§ 600.1099e Admission to juvenile mental health court; preadmission screening; confidentiality of information obtained from preadmission screening and assessment; criminal history contained in L.E.I.N
§ 600.1099f Juvenile alleged to have engaged in what constitutes a criminal act; conditions for admission to juvenile mental health court; withdrawal of admission of responsibility
§ 600.1099g Victim’s rights; written statement on admissibility
§ 600.1099h Admission of juvenile into juvenile mental health court; requirements
§ 600.1099i Juvenile mental health court program; requirements; completion of the program; exit evaluation; confidentiality of information obtained while participating in the program; exemption from disclosure
§ 600.1099j Continued participation in the juvenile mental health court program; compliance with court orders; termination or discharge from participation in program; repayment of court costs; notification of obj
§ 600.1099k Completion or termination of the juvenile mental health court program; findings on the record or written statement in court file; discharge and dismissal of proceedings; duties of court; court proceed
§ 600.1099l Collection and maintenance of information; standards for juvenile mental health courts; information exempt from disclosure
§ 600.1099m Disposition of funds; report; advisory committee; training and technical assistance

Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 600 > Act 236 of 1961 > Chapter 10C - Juvenile Mental Health Courts

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Co-occurring disorder: means having 1 or more disorders relating to the use of alcohol or other controlled substances of abuse as well as any serious mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, or developmental disability. See Michigan Laws 600.1099b
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Court funding unit: means that term as defined in section 151e. See Michigan Laws 600.1099b
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Developmental disability: means that term as defined in section 100a of the mental health code, 1974 PA 258, MCL 330. See Michigan Laws 600.1099b
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • fire department: means lawfully organized fire fighting forces, however constituted, including personnel. See Michigan Laws 419.201
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Freedom of Information Act: A federal law that mandates that all the records created and kept by federal agencies in the executive branch of government must be open for public inspection and copying. The only exceptions are those records that fall into one of nine exempted categories listed in the statute. Source: OCC
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Juvenile mental health court: means all of the following:
  (i) A court-supervised treatment program for juveniles who are diagnosed by a mental health professional with having a serious emotional disturbance, co-occurring disorder, or developmental disability. See Michigan Laws 600.1099b
  • Mental health professional: means an individual who is trained and experienced in the area of mental illness or developmental disabilities and who is 1 of the following:
    •   (i) A physician. See Michigan Laws 600.1099b
  • month: means a calendar month; the word "year" a calendar year; and the word "year" alone shall be equivalent to the words "year of our Lord". See Michigan Laws 8.3j
  • Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
  • Participant: means a juvenile who is admitted into a juvenile mental health court. See Michigan Laws 600.1099b
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • railroad company: as used in this act , shall be taken to embrace any company, association, corporation, or person managing, maintaining, operating, or in possession of a common carrier railroad in whole or in part within this state, whether as owner, contractor, lessee, mortgagee, trustee, assignee or receiver. See Michigan Laws 419.53
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Serious emotional disturbance: means that term as defined in section 100d of the mental health code, 1974 PA 258, MCL 330. See Michigan Laws 600.1099b
  • Serious mental illness: means that term as defined in section 100d of the mental health code, 1974 PA 258, MCL 330. See Michigan Laws 600.1099b
  • shall not apply: means that the pertinent provision is not operative as to certain persons or things or in conjunction with a particular date or dates. See Michigan Laws 8.4c
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  • Violent offender: means a juvenile who is adjudicated on or has been, within the preceding 5 years, adjudicated on 1 or more of the following offenses:
    •   (i) First degree murder. See Michigan Laws 600.1099b