202A.131 Right to be present. The respondent shall be present at all hearings unless the respondent and his attorney intelligently waive respondent's right to be present, or unless the court makes a specific finding after the respondent has been brought to the place of the hearing that the respondent should be removed from the hearing because his conduct is so disruptive that the proceedings cannot continue in any reasonable manner. Effective: July 1, 1982 History: Created 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 445, sec. 12, effective July 1, 1982. Legislat ive Research Commission Note . This section was enacted in 1982 Acts, Chapter 445, which contains the following language in Section 45 of that Act: 'This Act shall become effective on July 1, 1982.' The Ky. Constitution, in Section 55, requires that a reas on be set forth for the emergency. However, no reason is set forth in this Act. The effective date for 1982 Acts with no emergency provision is July 15, 1982.
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