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2010 West Virginia Code
CHAPTER 27. MENTALLY ILL PERSONS
ARTICLE 16. STERILIZATION OF MENTAL DEFECTIVES.
§27-16-5. Legal counsel; compensation; costs.
§27-16-5. Legal counsel; compensation; costs. When, in any case, the court, or judge thereof in vacation, is satisfied that the counsel appointed by the court has rendered substantial service to the mental incompetent, it may allow him reasonable compensation therefor, and his actual expenses, if any, to be paid by the petitioners.
The costs of any proceeding pursuant to this article shall be paid by the petitioner.
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