Rule 2-57. Prior Judicial Determination of Incompetency or Involuntary Commitment

In the event an attorney is by a court of competent jurisdiction (1) declared to be incapable of managing his or her affairs or (2) committed involuntarily to a mental hospital for drug dependency, mental illness, or the addictive, intemperate, or excessive use of alcohol, the Superior Court, upon notice from a grievance panel, a reviewing committee, the Statewide Grievance Committee or a state's attorney and upon proof of the fact of incapacity to engage in the practice of law, shall enter an order placing such attorney upon inactive status, effective immediately, for an indefinite period and until further order of the court. A copy of such order shall be served, in such manner as the court shall direct, upon such attorney, the attorney's conservator if any, and the director of any mental hospital in which the attorney may reside.

Committee Notes

(P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 40.)