Parris Law, P.A.

Baker Act with a Bite

Kendra E. Parris — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 16:54:36 +0000

How new criminal penalties in the Florida Mental Health Act may help protect patient rights In 2022, the Florida legislature passed additional patient protections in the Florida Mental Health Act. Those new protections include potential criminal penalties for facilities (and staff) who willfully violate patient rights or conspire to hold someone without legal authority. Here […]

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Baker Act CLE Outline

Kendra E. Parris — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 23:21:25 +0000

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Is Hearsay Allowed in RPO Proceedings? Initial Brief of OEK – Fourth District Court of Appeal

Kendra E. Parris — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 18:13:27 +0000

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Oral Argument – 2d DCA, Red Flag Case

Kendra E. Parris — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 18:38:57 +0000

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Order Denying Risk Protection Order (No Retroactive Application)

Kendra E. Parris — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 20:19:34 +0000

Attached is a sample Order Denying Petition for Risk Protection Order. In this case, the court held that the law cannot be applied retroactively, meaning that facts alleged to have occurred prior to the law going into effect on March 09, 2018, could not be used as a basis for a petition. Retroactive application would […]

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Sample Ex Parte Risk Protection Order

Kendra E. Parris — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 20:06:58 +0000

If you are served with a Petition for Risk Protection Order, it will look something like this sample ex parte risk protection order. An “ex parte” petition means that law enforcement can present it to the court and get the order without giving you notice or an opportunity to appear. This is what allows them […]

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Baker Act Law Symposium 2019

Kendra E. Parris — Wed, 02 Jan 2019 02:28:29 +0000

Members of the public and Florida attorneys are invited to attend the Baker Act Defense Attorney Symposium Summit (BADASS)! Chapter 394 of the Florida Statutes (commonly called the “Baker Act”) is a law that allows health practitioners and law enforcement officers to initiate an involuntary 72-hour mental health examination within a psychiatric facility. If the […]

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The Problem with Florida’s New Risk Protection Order Law

Kendra E. Parris — Fri, 06 Apr 2018 23:08:18 +0000

After the shooting at Parkland, the Florida legislature took an unprecedented step toward gun control by passing the Risk Protection Order Act. CS/SB 7026 (2018-3, Laws of Florida) also upped the age to purchase firearms from 18 to 21 and instituted a mandatory waiting period for the purchase of firearms. The law also created […]

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The problem with (refusing) psychiatric medications

Kendra E. Parris — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 04:40:43 +0000

One of the most common questions I receive from family members whose children or loved ones have been Baker Acted (placed in a psychiatric facility for an involuntary mental health examination) is whether the patient can refuse psychiatric medication, or “psychotropics.” I get this question most often from parents who are inclined to refuse psychiatric […]

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Baker Act Basics

Kendra E. Parris — Tue, 26 Dec 2017 22:06:42 +0000

How does the Baker Act work? Perhaps your child was picked up at school by the police after an incident. Perhaps your loved one ended up at the hospital and, before you know it, he or she was detained in a Baker Act Receiving Facility (read: a psychiatric hospital). Regardless of the situation, Florida’s Mental […]

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