Legal Question in Criminal Law in Kentucky

Is there a way to get an involuntary commitment from the past removed from your record, it was for deep depression and suicidal thoughts at the time i was just going through a bad time and i overreacted


Asked on 6/29/11, 11:08 am

1 Answer from Attorneys

Martin Kasdan, Jr. Martin Z. Kasdan, Jr., Attorney at Law

The commitment laws provide for the opportunity to ask a judge to expunge your record. Involuntary commitments are confidential files, unlike most court proceedings, unless the commitment stems from criminal proceedings. From your zip code, you apparently are near the KY-TN border. What I wrote applies to KY.

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Answered on 6/29/11, 1:48 pm


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