Legal competence

18 V.S.A. ch. 183, § 7706, under Chapter 183: Care and Treatment.

18 V.S.A. ch. 183, § 7706

§ 7706. Legal competence

No determination that a person requires treatment and no order of the court authorizing hospitalization or alternative treatment shall lead to a presumption of legal incompetence for matters other than treatment. (Added 1967, No. 305 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1968; amended 1977, No. 252 (Adj. Sess.), § 10.)