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§ 4-205. Payment by guardian--Collection by legal proceeding

Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 43A. Mental Health

Oklahoma Statutes Annotated
Title 43a. Mental Health (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 1. Mental Health Law of 1986 (Refs & Annos)
Expenses of Care and Treatment
43A Okl.St.Ann. § 4-205
§ 4-205. Payment by guardian--Collection by legal proceeding
Currentness
A. If a guardian has been appointed for the estate of a consumer in a facility within the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, the court shall order the guardian to pay the amount of the state's claim for care and treatment.
B. If no guardian has been appointed, the claim of the state against a consumer for the care and treatment of the consumer may be collected by suit or other proceedings against the consumer brought in the name of the state by the district attorney of the county from which said consumer was sent or any county in which the consumer may have property.
C. The claim of the state against a husband, wife, the parents and the children of any consumer for care and treatment of the consumer may be collected by suit or other proceedings in the name of the state against the husband, the wife, a parent, a child, or any two or more of them.

Credits

Laws 1953, p. 173, § 115, emerg. eff. June 3, 1953; Laws 1986, c. 103, § 60, eff. Nov. 1, 1986. Renumbered from Title 43A, § 115 by Laws 1986, c. 103, § 103, eff. Nov. 1, 1986. Laws 1990, c. 51, § 92, emerg. eff. April 9, 1990; Laws 2003, c. 46, § 33, emerg. eff. April 8, 2003; Laws 2005, c. 150, § 33, emerg. eff. May 9, 2005.
43A Okl. St. Ann. § 4-205, OK ST T. 43A § 4-205
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 106 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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