Filing Procedures -
Involuntary Mental Health Treatment – Order for Examination/Transport of an Adult
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Important Note: For general information about getting help for someone who may need mental health treatment, call the Detroit-Wayne Integrated Health Network (DWIHN) at (313) 833-2500 or visit their website at www.dwihn.org.

1. Fill out the following forms:
   1. PCM 201, Petition for Mental Health Treatment
      1. To request a transport order, check box 8.b that the person be picked up by the police and transported to a crisis center or hospital for a mental evaluation;
         Also see:
         Video instructions for filling out PCM 201 and for a detailed explanation regarding the PCM 201 Petition for Mental Health Treatment form please click here
         Note: Addresses of all interested persons must be listed on petition. If missing addresses for any interested persons, after you receive the hearing information, you must arrange for publication. Click here for more information.
   2. MC 97, Protected Personal Identifying Information, with the information referenced in the PCM 201.
   3. MC 505, Contact Information. This must be completed with the email and phone number of the petitioner and filed in order to schedule a hearing.
   4. WCPC 99 Petitioner Filing Coversheet

   
   Note: A valid phone number and email address MUST be included on the Coversheet so that the Court can contact you (within 1 business day) regarding the date and time of your hearing. If this information is not included, the Court will be unable to contact you.
   Important Note: You MUST use these forms; you cannot draft your own document.

2. Submit your completed documents to the Court in the following order (as one PDF):
   1. WCPC 99 Petitioner Filing Coversheet
   2. PCM 201, Petition for Mental Health Treatment
   3. MC 97, Protected Personal Identifying Information
   4. MC 505, Contact Information
      There is NO Filing Fee.
3. File your petition via email to: mentalhealth@wcpc.us; and indicate “Emergency” in the subject line, via fax to: 313-967-4013, or in person at the court.
   
4. Hearing
   i. Once your petition is processed you will be sent hearing information, including ZOOM instructions.
   ii. Hearings for mental health petitions related to the order for examination/transport are usually held the same day they are filed, if contact information is readily available.
   iii.You must attend the ZOOM hearing, or your petition will be dismissed.
   
   
5. After the Hearing
   1. If the Judge signs the Order for Examination/Transport to authorize a psychiatric evaluation, you will receive via email all of the completed paperwork.
   2. Call 911 (Detroit only) or visit your local police precinct to arrange for the person to be transported to a crisis center.
      Note: The Order is only valid for 10 days. If the police cannot find the person to transport them within 10 days, it expires and a new petition must be filed.
      Click here for additional information on the entire involuntary mental health treatment process.
      

Rev. 3/2025