Civil Commitment Court (Family Court in Las Vegas

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Civil Commitment Court

Name: Civil Commitment Court

Summary: Twice-weekly court held in a mental hospital to determine if patients should be committed or medicated against their will

Record Type: Concept Key: cccourt - Created: 3/3/07 - Last Modified: Mar 17, 2007

Domain: Dependency

Relationships: Held at → Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital Organization
Hearing master → John Norheim Person
Ph.D expert on Fridays → Jill Margolis Person
M.D. expert on Fridays → Gregory Brown Person
Public Defender → Donald Williams Person
Overseen by → William Voy Person
Governed by → NRS 433A Law

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(not listed above) Family Court Courtrooms (used satellite courtroom at mental hospital→Civil Commitment Court)
Thomas Kurtz (Occasional hearing master for→Civil Commitment Court)

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Civil Commitment Court, held twice weekly at the Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital. Starting with the patient (in red) and moving clockwise, the players are (1) her public defender, (2) a Deputy Attorney General, (3) the court reporter, (4) Hearing Master Norheim, (5) the court clerk, (6) Dr. Brown (psychiatrist), (7) Dr. Margolis (psychologist), and (8) the bailiff. (Photo by Glenn Campbell) More photos from this album

Articles

5/4/07

Subject:

Tough choice: Who gets committed, who doesn't: Court in hospital hears 130 cases a week

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Civil Commitment Court is held twice a week in a conference room at the Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital near Charleston and Jones. (Starts at about 1pm on Wednesday and Fridays.) It is conducted by a hearing master from Family Court, along with a bailiff and two clerks from Family Court and a contract stenographer.

This court can do two things: (a) hold mental patients against their will for treatment, and (b) compell them to take medications against their will. Each patient reviewed by the court must be seen by two independent professionals: a psychiatrist (M.D.) and a psychologist (Ph.D.). They meet with the patient and confirm the diagnosis of his doctors, then report their recommendations to the court.

The court is authorized to commit a patient for treatment for up to six months. The court is conducted by a hired hearing master, but all decisions of the court must ultimately be approved and signed by the elected judge who oversees the court (currently Judge Voy).

In the court's case numbering system, civil commitment cases are prefixed with an "M" (for "Mental").

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Name:	Civil Commitment Court
Summary:	Twice-weekly court held in a mental hospital to determine if patients should be committed or medicated against their will
Record Type:	Concept	Key: cccourt - Created: 3/3/07 - Last Modified: Mar 17, 2007
Domain:	Dependency
Relationships:	Held at → Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital Hearing master → John Norheim Ph.D expert on Fridays → Jill Margolis M.D. expert on Fridays → Gregory Brown Public Defender → Donald Williams Overseen by → William Voy Governed by → NRS 433A
Reverse Relationships: (not listed above)	Family Court Courtrooms (used satellite courtroom at mental hospital→Civil Commitment Court) Thomas Kurtz (Occasional hearing master for→Civil Commitment Court)
Google:	"Civil Commitment Court" \| "Civil Commitment Court"+"Las Vegas"
Other Searches:	Review-Journal R-J Info \| Las Vegas Sun