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Disability Rights Florida Files Lawsuit Against Florida Department of Children and Families for Unlawfully Failing to Track Baker Act Use

Friday, December 13, 2024

Helpful Terms

• Involuntary Psychiatric Examination: a legal process where a person is taken to a mental health facility for evaluation against their will, typically when…

Palm Beach County School District To Revise Its Baker Act Policy After Federal Court Judgment

Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Disability Rights Florida argue for protection of the rights of people with mental illness at Florida Supreme Court

Thursday, February 10, 2022

People with mental illness have a constitutional right to be in the same courtroom with the judge who will decide whether they will be committed to…

Advocacy Groups, Parents and Students Sue Palm Beach County School District for Harmful, Illegal Use of the Baker Act

Tuesday, June 22, 2021

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. – Today, a group of Palm Beach County parents and students, Disability Rights Florida, and the Florida State Conference of the NAACP…