222.16 - PETITION FOR ADJUDICATION OF MENTAL RETARDATION.
222.16 PETITION FOR ADJUDICATION OF MENTAL
RETARDATION.
A petition for the adjudication of the mental retardation of a
person within the meaning of this chapter may, with the permission of
the court, be filed without fee against a person with the clerk of
the district court of the county or city in which the person who is
alleged to have mental retardation resides or is found. The petition
may be filed by any relative of the person, by a guardian, or by any
reputable citizen of the county where the person who is alleged to
have mental retardation resides or is found.
Commitment of a person pursuant to section 222.31 does not
constitute a finding or raise a presumption that the person is
incompetent to vote. The court shall make a separate determination
as to the person's competency to vote. The court shall find a person
incompetent to vote only upon determining that the person lacks
sufficient mental capacity to comprehend and exercise the right to
vote. Section History: Early Form
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 3413; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, § 222.3;
C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 222.16] Section History: Recent Form
96 Acts, ch 1129, §44; 98 Acts, ch 1185, §6