Missouri Laws 631.140 – Additional detention may be requested — contents of petition
1. At the expiration of the ninety-six-hour period, the respondent may be detained and treated involuntarily for an additional two judicial days only if the head of the alcohol or drug abuse facility or a mental health coordinator has filed a petition for additional detention not to exceed thirty days.
2. Within ninety-six hours following initial detention, the head of the facility or the mental health coordinator may file, or cause to be filed, a petition for a thirty-day involuntary detention, treatment, or rehabilitation period provided he has reasonable cause to believe that the person abuses alcohol or drugs and presents a likelihood of serious harm to himself or others as a result of alcohol or drug abuse, or both. The court shall serve the petition and list of prospective witnesses for the petitioner upon the respondent and his attorney at least twenty-four hours before the hearing. The head of the facility shall also notify the mental health coordinator if the petition is not filed by the mental health coordinator. The petition shall:
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 631.140
- Alcohol or drug abuse facility: a place providing treatment and rehabilitation to persons engaged in alcohol or drug abuse, or both, which is recognized as such a place by the department of mental health. See Missouri Laws 631.005
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Respondent: an individual who is the subject of involuntary civil detention proceedings instituted under this chapter. See Missouri Laws 631.005
(1) Allege that the respondent, by reason of alcohol or drug abuse, or both, presents a likelihood of serious harm to himself or to others;
(2) Allege that the respondent is in need of continued detention, treatment, and rehabilitation;
(3) Allege the specific behavior of the respondent or the facts which support such conclusion;
(4) Allege that an alcohol or drug abuse facility which is appropriate to handle the respondent’s condition has agreed to accept the respondent; and
(5) Be signed by a licensed physician who has examined the respondent.