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In Florida it is actually extremely easy to get someone locked up in a mental hospital for 72 hours. You go to a courthouse and fill out a two-sided paper. It i
by PickledEggs 2y ago
In Florida it is actually extremely easy to get someone locked up in a mental hospital for 72 hours. You go to a courthouse and fill out a two-sided paper. It is called an ex Parte order. Then a judge rubber stamps it. Then the police go to the person's house and have the authority from the judge to do whatever it takes to put the person into custody and bring them to a mental hospital. I have been a victim of this paper terrorism style attack. Someone filled out the form with complete fabricated stories and I was locked in a mental hospital for 3 days. I had no ability to see a judge to defend myself. I requested a writ of habeas corpus from the court while in the mental hospital and was never brought to a judge. Now it is on my record in the databases police use for the rest of my life and I will likely never be able to get a security clearance.
- paradox242 2y agoEven assuming this isn't abused as in your experience, it would seem sending people with guns to the home of someone in such mental distress that involuntary admission to a psychiatric facility is necessary is probably not the ideal approach.