226.31 - EXAMINATION BY COURT -- NOTICE.
226.31 EXAMINATION BY COURT -- NOTICE.
Before granting the order authorized in section 226.30 the court
or judge shall investigate the allegations of the petition and before
proceeding to a hearing on the allegations shall require notice to be
served on the attorney who represented the patient in any prior
proceedings under sections 229.6 to 229.15 or the advocate appointed
under section 229.19, or in the case of a patient who entered the
hospital voluntarily, on any relative, friend, or guardian of the
person in question of the filing of the application. At the hearing
the court or judge shall appoint a guardian ad litem for the person,
if the court or judge deems such action necessary to protect the
rights of the person. The guardian ad litem shall be a practicing
attorney. Section History: Early Form
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 3513; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73,
75, 77, 79, 81, § 226.31] Section History: Recent Form
90 Acts, ch 1271, §1503