Practice question
A fourteen-year-old meeting Section20-B’s repeat-offense conditions needs residential placement in her best interests. Her guardians refuse written voluntary commitment. May officials simply substitute an indefinite informal detention?
- No; the proper involuntary-commitment petition must be filed immediately
- Yes; refusal cancels every legal safeguard
- Yes; the police may create a lifetime placement
- Yes; no court process is relevant
- Yes; the child automatically becomes eighteen
Legal references
- RA10630 amended RA9344 Sections20-B–20-E: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2013/ra_10630_2013.html
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