Notice of defense of mental disease or defect
§ 335.1. Notice of defense of mental disease or defect. Evidence of mental disease or defect of the respondent excluding his responsibility under this article is not admissible at the fact-finding hearing unless the respondent serves upon the presentment agency and files with the court a written notice of intention to rely upon such defense. Such notice must be served and filed before the fact-finding hearing and not more than thirty days after the conclusion of the initial appearance, whichever is sooner. In the interest of justice and for good cause shown, however, the court may permit such service and filing to be made at any later time prior to the conclusion of the fact-finding hearing.
Evidence of mental disease/defect excluding responsibility is inadmissible at fact-finding unless the respondent serves written notice before the hearing and within 30 days of the initial appearance (whichever is sooner), extendable for good cause.
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 5 — The JG-22 Family Court Act and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.