Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-32-1 (2026)
Scope of chapter; involuntary commitment upon judgment of chancery court
✓ current as of July 2026
The provisions of this chapter shall be supplemental to the provision of Title 41, Chapters 30 and 31, Mississippi Code of 1972. A person may be involuntarily committed for alcoholism or drug addiction, or both, to a private treatment facility, upon a judgment of the chancery court of the county of such person's residence, or in the county where such person may be found.
Laws, 1983, ch. 456, § 1, eff. 7/1/1983.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1987–1987 · leading case: McIntire v. Moore, 512 So. 2d 687 (Miss. 1987).
McIntire v. Moore, 512 So. 2d 687 (Miss. 1987). “1986) is entitled to supersedeas or stay pending appeal as a matter of right must be resolved by reference to the general purposes latent within the most rational reading the statute may be given. One such purpose is protection of the admittedly complex interests of the…”
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