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MAGISTRATE MANUAL EMERGENCY CUSTODY AND TEMPORARY detention ORDERS PAGE 6-1 Office of the Executive Secretary Department of Magistrate services Rev: 7/22 CHAPTER 6 - EMERGENCY CUSTODY AND TEMPORARY detention ORDERS I. INTRODUCTION A. Authority; Distinction Between Adults and Juveniles 1. Authority. The Code of Virginia authorizes judicial intervention to order law enforcement personnel to take into CUSTODY and transport for needed mental health evaluation and care or medical evaluation and care a person who is unwilling or unable to volunteer for such care. A magistrate is authorized, as discussed in this CHAPTER , to order such CUSTODY or involuntary detention on an EMERGENCY basis for short periods. 2. Distinction between adults and juveniles. Different EMERGENCY CUSTODY and TEMPORARY detention statutes apply to adults than apply to juveniles. 3. Juvenile ECO and TDO authority: a. In general 1) A magistrate is authorized to issue a mental health ECO or TDO in the case of a minor of any age.
EMERGENCY CUSTODY AND TEMPORARY DETENTION ORDERS PAGE 6-1 Office of the Executive Secretary Department of Magistrate Services Rev: 7/21 CHAPTER 6 - EMERGENCY CUSTODY AND TEMPORARY DETENTION ORDERS I. INTRODUCTION A. Authority; Distinction Between Adults and Juveniles 1. Authority.
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