222.25 - CUSTODY PENDING HEARING.
222.25 CUSTODY PENDING HEARING.
Pending final hearing, the court may at any time after the filing
of the petition and on satisfactory showing that it is in the best
interest of the person who is alleged to have mental retardation and
of the community that the person be at once taken into custody, or
that service of notice will be ineffectual if the person is not taken
into custody, issue an order for the immediate production of the
person before the court. In such case, the court may make any proper
order for the custody or confinement of the person as will protect
the person and the community and insure the presence of the person at
the hearing. The person shall not be confined with those accused or
convicted of crime. Section History: Early Form
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 3420; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, § 222.10;
C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 222.25] Section History: Recent Form
96 Acts, ch 1129, §48