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2025 Delaware Code
Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure
Chapter 9. THE FAMILY COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
Subchapter III. Procedure
§ 1061. Examination; treatment; payment.
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§ 1061. Examination; treatment; payment.
(a) The Court may order any person within its jurisdiction examined by a licensed practitioner in the appropriate field, and if the examiner shall certify that treatment would be in the interest of the examined person and the public, order such treatment.
(b) The Court may, after a reasonable opportunity to be heard, order the examined person, or the person legally liable for the person's support, to repay the Court for its outlay on the person's behalf, such sum, in such manner, within the person's ability, as the Court determines.
10 Del. C. 1953, § 970; 58 Del. Laws, c. 114, § 1; 69 Del. Laws, c. 335, § 1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1; 80 Del. Laws, c. 373, § 1;
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