37-1-135 - Mentally ill or developmentally disabled child Disposition.
37-1-135. Mentally ill or developmentally disabled child Disposition.
If, at a dispositional hearing or at a hearing to transfer a child under § 37-1-134, there is reason to believe the child may be suffering from mental illness or is developmentally disabled, the court may proceed under § 37-1-128(d).
[Acts 1970, ch. 600, § 35; 1973, ch. 127, § 17; 1980, ch. 639, § 2; T.C.A., § 37-235; Acts 1985, ch. 437, § 32; 1986, ch. 836, § 2; imp. am. Acts 2000, ch. 947, § 6.]