Current through 2024 Legislative Session Act Chapter 531
Section 2506 - [Effective 9/30/2025] Judicial review of finding of lack of capacity(a) An individual found under § 2504(b) of this title to lack capacity, a responsible health-care professional, the health-care institution providing health care to the individual, or a person interested in the welfare of the individual may petition the Court of Chancery in the county in which the individual resides or is located to determine whether the individual lacks capacity.(b) The court in which a petition under subsection (a) of this section is filed shall appoint an attorney ad litem. The court shall hear the petition on an expedited basis. The court shall determine whether the individual lacks capacity on an expedited basis. The court may determine the individual lacks capacity only if the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the individual lacks capacity.Added by Laws 2023, ch. 467,s 1, eff. 9/30/2025.