In re Blackshear

In these consolidated cases, we granted intervenor leave to appeal to determine whether the trial court may judicially admit a juvenile, found to be incompetent to stand trial, to the care, treatment, and supervision of a community mental health authority pursuant to the Mental Health Code, MCL 330.1100 et seq., and whether the court was allowed to direct a county community mental health authority to arrange and pay for the competency evaluations of the juvenile respondents in these cases. We conclude that the court lacked the necessary authority with respect to both issues. Accordingly, we…