Question 40 (part 2) · LEK · Civil law issues
A petition for incapacitation cannot be filed by the patient’s:
- A. spouse.
- B. brother.
- C. son.
- D. cousin.
- E. statutory representative.
Hint
The Code of Civil Procedure gives a closed list of relatives entitled to file: spouse, relatives in the direct line and siblings, plus the statutory representative.
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