"Mental illness is nothing to be ashamed of, but stigma and bias shame us all.”
- Former President Bill Clinton

Lawyer in Laramie, WY

For Information on Mental Health Issues visit:

Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law: http://www.bazelon.org

Guardianship/Conservatorship

Securing control over an incompetent person and/or his or her medical care and finances
Obtaining court orders for medical or psychiatric treatment
Getting court approval for estate plans and real estate transactions
Acting as Guardian ad Litem for the alleged incompetent person
Removing a guardian or conservator for good cause
Securing court orders for involuntary admission to a psychiatric facility or drug/alcohol detoxification facility
Securing court orders for psychiatric treatment of a patient committed to a psychiatric facility

Psychiatric Advanced Health Care Directives

Psychiatric advance directives can be used to plan for the possibility that someone may lose capacity to give or withhold informed consent to treatment during acute episodes of psychiatric illness.

Wyoming law allows individuals to appoint an agent to make decisions about their mental health treatment if they become incompetent to make decisions; to write instructions about how they would like their mental health care to proceed; or both.

We will help you or a loved one draft a Psychiatric Advanced Health Care Directives.
Link to Wyoming Psychiatric Advanced Health Care Statutes (Title 35, chapter 22 and click on article 3)

Involuntary Civil Commitment

Definition: Is the practice of using legal means commit a person to a mental hospital, insane asylum or psychiatric ward against their will or over their protests.
Rights:
- Hearing within 72 hours of being involuntarily detained.

We Can Help You:
- We will represent individuals who have been involuntarily detained for mental health issues
- We will insist the individual receive a fair hearing