Legal competence

18 V.S.A. ch. 206, § 8844, under Chapter 206: Care for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities.

18 V.S.A. ch. 206, § 8844

§ 8844. Legal competence

No determination that a person is in need of custody, care, and habilitation or in need of continued custody, care, and habilitation and no order authorizing commitment shall lead to a presumption of legal incompetence. (Added 1987, No. 248 (Adj. Sess.), § 9; amended 2023, No. 137 (Adj. Sess.), § 26, eff. July 1, 2024.)