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Mental health court forms
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Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPO)
An Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) is an order from a judge that suspends a person’s license to possess or carry a gun.
Use this form to ask for an extreme risk protection order and to explain the reason you are requesting the order. (Rev. 8/13/18)
Use this to provide your identifying and contact information when asking for an extreme risk protection order. (Rev. 8/13/18)
Use this form to provide the identifying and contact information for the person against whom you are asking for an emergency risk protection order. (Rev. 8/9/18)
Section 35 forms for commitment for alcohol or substance use disorder
For use in BMC, District & Juvenile Courts. Use this form to ask for someone to be committed because of an alcohol or substance use disorder. This form is also available in Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic, Vietnamese & Chinese. (Rev. 4/16)
For use in Juvenile Court (01/02/2013)
For use in BMC, District & Juvenile Courts. Use this form to explain your relationship to the person that you are asking to be committed, and the reasons why you are filing the petition. (Rev. 7/18)
For use in BMC, District & Juvenile Courts. Use this form to provide the identifying and contact information for the person that you are asking to be committed. This form is also available in Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic, Vietnamese & Chinese. (Rev. 4/16)
For use in BMC, District & Juvenile Courts (Rev. 7/18). Used by the Superintendent of a facility to notify the Court of an escape, transfer, or release from a G.L. c. 123, § 35 treatment facility. This form may not display properly in your browser. Please download the form and open it using Acrobat reader.
G.L. c. 123 firearm petition for relief forms
For use in BMC, District & Juvenile Courts. Use this form to ask the court to give back your right to have a firearm, rifle, or shotgun no sooner than 5 years after a mental health commitment.
For use in BMC, District & Juvenile Courts. Use this form to explain to the court why you think you should be allowed the right to have a firearm, rifle, or shotgun again.
G.L. c. 123 prisoner transfer forms
This form allows prisoners to petition a court for transfer to a Department of Mental Health (DMH) facility or Bridgewater State Hospital. For use in Boston Municipal Court, District Court, or Superior Court.
This form is intended to obtain factual information about the prisoner requesting a Petition for Transfer. For use in the Boston Municipal Court, District Court, or Superior Court.
This form is used to evaluate a Petition for Transfer and rule on it. For use in the Boston Municipal Court, District Court, or Superior Court.
Other Boston Municipal Court mental health forms
BMC form (rev. 6/2015) This form may not display properly in your browser. Please download the form and open it using Acrobat reader.
(Rev. 5/16) This form may not display properly in your browser. Please download the form and open it using Acrobat reader.
Other District Court mental health forms
Trial Court (Rev. 1.26.17).
District Court (rev. 10/2006). Samples of this form are also available in Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Haitian Creole, Portuguese, Russian & Vietnamese.
Trial Court (Rev. 1.26.17)
Trial Court (Rev. 1.26.17)
Trial Court (Rev. 1.26.17)
Trial Court (Rev. 1.26.17). This form may not display properly in your browser. Please download the form and open it using Acrobat reader.
Trial Court (Rev. 4.18.17). This form may not display properly in your browser. Please download the form and open it using Acrobat reader.
District Court (rev. 08/08)
Other Juvenile Court mental health forms
For use in Juvenile Court under MGL c.123 § 12(e) to apply for an order to commit someone to a mental health facility for a maximum of 3 days because the person is mentally ill and the failure to confine the respondent would cause a likelihood of serious harm. (Rev. 04/26/2013)
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