Jeff
Burkhart
Andrea
Burkhart
Michaela
Murdock
Carol Jean
Thompson
Attorneys
at Law
6½
N. 2nd Avenue, Suite 200, Walla Walla,
Washington
99362
(509)
529-0630
One of the bases of detention under Washington's Involuntary Treatment Act is that the person, because of a mental disorder, presents a likelihood of serious harm. The person must present a likelihood of serious harm:
The statutory definition of "likelihood of serious harm" is:
(a) A substantial risk that:
(i)
Physical harm will be inflicted by a person upon his or her own person,
as evidenced by threats or attempts to commit suicide or inflict
physical harm on oneself;
(ii) physical harm will be inflicted by
a
person upon another, as evidenced by behavior which has caused such
harm or which places another person or persons in reasonable fear of
sustaining such harm; or
(iii) physical harm will be inflicted by
a
person upon the property of others, as evidenced by behavior which has
caused substantial loss or damage to the property of others; or
(b) The person has threatened the physical safety of another and has a
history of one or more violent acts.
RCW
71.05.020(23)
Phone:
(509) 529-0630
Fax:
(509) 525-0630
Mail:
PO Box 946
Walla Walla, WA 99362
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6½ N. 2nd Avenue, Suite 200
Walla Walla, WA 99362
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