Sec. 16.
Commitment of insane veteran. Whenever it appears that any veteran is eligible for treatment in a United States veterans' facility and commitment is necessary for the proper care and treatment of such veteran, the court of the county in which the veteran is found, may, upon receipt of a certificate of eligibility from the veterans administration, and if the veteran be adjudged insane in accordance with law, direct such veteran's commitment to the veterans administration for hospitalization in a United States veterans' facility. Thereafter such veteran upon admission to any such facility shall be subject to the rules and regulations of the veterans administration and the chief officer of such facility shall be vested with the same powers exercised by superintendents of state hospitals for mental diseases within this state with reference to the retention, transfer or parole of the veteran so committed. Notice of such pending commitment proceedings shall be furnished the person to be committed and his right to appear and defend shall not be denied. The commitment of a veteran to a veterans' facility within this state by a court of another state under a similar provision of law, shall have the same force and effect as if such commitment were made by a court of this state.
History: 1937, Act 321, Imd. Eff. July 27, 1937 ;-- CL 1948, 35.86
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 35 - Veterans and Members of Armed Forces
Act 321 of 1937 - Uniform Veterans' Guardianship Act (35.71 - 35.91)
Section 35.72 - Guardians; Manner of Appointment.
Section 35.74 - Guardians; Petition for Appointment, Filing, Content.
Section 35.75 - Guardian for Minor; Prima Facie Evidence of Necessity.
Section 35.76 - Guardian for Incompetent; Prima Facie Evidence of Necessity.
Section 35.77 - Guardians; Notice of Filing Petition for Appointment.
Section 35.78 - Guardians; Bonds, Execution and Filing; Corporate Guardians, Exemption; Sureties.
Section 35.79 - Guardians; Annual Accounting; Filing, Notice, Hearing.
Section 35.80 - Guardians; Failure to File Account, Penalty.
Section 35.81 - Guardians; Compensation; Notice and Hearing.
Section 35.82 - Guardians; Investments Permitted With Prior Approval of Court.
Section 35.82i - Corporate Guardians; Common Trust Fund Investments Permitted.
Section 35.83 - Maintenance and Support of Ward.
Section 35.84 - Purchase of Home for Ward.
Section 35.85 - Guardian; Discharge, Release of Sureties.
Section 35.85a - Successor Corporate Guardians; Appointment, Conditions and Procedure.
Section 35.86 - Insane Veteran; Commitment, Procedure.
Section 35.87 - Construction of Act.
Section 35.88 - Uniform Veterans' Guardianship Act; Short Title.