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2018 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 51. State alcohol, drug abuse, developmental disabilities and mental health act.
51.59 Incompetency not implied.
Universal Citation: WI Stat § 51.59 (2018)
51.59 Incompetency not implied.
(1) No person is deemed incompetent to manage his or her affairs, to contract, to hold professional, occupational or motor vehicle operator's licenses, to marry or to obtain a divorce, to vote, to make a will or to exercise any other civil right solely by reason of his or her admission to a facility in accordance with this chapter or detention or commitment under this chapter.
(2) This section does not authorize an individual who has been involuntarily committed or detained under this chapter to refuse treatment during such commitment or detention, except as provided under s. 51.61 (1) (g) and (h).
History: 1977 c. 428; 1987 a. 366.
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