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PUBLIC LAW 89-183-SEPT. 14, 1965

[79 STAT.

(c) If a relative made liable for the maintenance of the feebleminded person fails to provide or pay for the maintenance, or his part thereof, in accordance with the order of the court, the court shall issue to him a citation to show cause why he should not be adjudged in contempt. The citation shall be served at least 10 days before the hearing thereon. (d) An order issued under this session may be enforced against any property of a relative made liable for the maintenance of the feeble-minded person, in the same way as if it were an order for temporary alimony in a divorce case. (e) Upon the death of a relative ordered by the court to pay for the maintenance of the feeble-minded person in whole or in part, the estate of the relative is liable to the District of Columbia for the unpaid amount due the District of Columbia under the order of court at the time of his death, and the claim of the District of Columbia is a preferred claim against his estate. §21-1112. Public patients may become private patients by filing bond and paying advance When a person is admitted to the District Training School as a public patient, and thereafter the bond and advance payment referred to in section 21-1109 are executed and delivered to the court, the court shall make an order changing the status of the person from a public to a private patient. § 21-1113. Restrictions on discharge; petition for discharge; causes for discharge; superintendent to be notified; notice of variation of order; denial on one petition not a bar to another (a) A feeble-minded person admitted to the District Training School pursuant to an order of court may not be discharged therefrom except as provided by this section, but the right of petition for the writ of habeas corpus may not be abridged. (b) After the admission of a feeble-minded person pursuant to an order of court provided by this chapter, a relative or friend of the feeble-minded person, or a reputable citizen, or the superintendent of the institution, or the Department of Public Welfare, may petition the court that entered the order of admission to discharge the feebleminded person, or to vary the order of the court admitting him to the institution. (c) When, on the hearing of a petition filed pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, the court is satisfied that the welfare of the feebleminded person or of other persons or of the community requires his discharge or a variation of the order, it may enter an order of discharge or variation as it deems proper. (d) Discharges and variations of orders may be ordered or made if: (1) the person adjudged to be feeble-minded is not feebleminded; or , (2) the person has so far improved as to be capable of caring for himself; or (3) the relatives or friends of the feeble-minded person are able and willing to supervise, control, care for, and support him, and request his discharge, and, in the j u d ^ e n t of the Superintendent of the District Training School, evil consequences are not likely to follow the discharge. (e) The enumeration of grounds of discharge or variation by subsection (d) of this section does not exclude other grounds of discharge or variation which the court deems adequate, having regard for the welfare of the person concerned or of other persons or of the community.

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