Statutes | Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe Chapter 14 ยง 1 | 2019
By the filing of a petition with the Fort McDermitt Tribal Court, a petitioner may seek to have any individual who is incapable of caring for himself or other due to alcoholism or other mental unsoundness at an institution of appropriate nature, e.g., State Hospital, etc.
The purpose of such confinement shall be to obtain the needed medical services for the care and rehabilitation of the person to whom the petition is directed.
A commitment order of the court signed by the judge of the Tribal Court, the maximum duration of any commitment by a police officer of the Tribe or the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall be thirty-six (36) hours