Beja: Court denies request that death was the subject of forensic psychiatric expertise.
According to the online edition of the DN, psychiatry Director at City Hospital could not believe who called him from the Court of Beja. In response the Chief Justice of the Beja District maintains that “not aware of any record that can verify the factuality”.
The newspaper quotes a Facebook post, where medical gave public notice of his astonishment: “Oh peacock, O pa, O pa, this had never happened. An office of a court to ask me if you can go to a psychiatric expert evaluation… one dead.”
Basically, what is at issue in this lawsuit is an inheritance process. The tester, died 2016, saw their inheritance challenged in court. And there are those who want to prove that maybe was not the best psychiatric conditions to establish the heritage of terms in the way that established.
In a note published in full, José Lúcio, the Judge President of the District of Beja speaks out “most puzzled by the content of news reports”:
Given the reports in the press today on a request made by the Court of Beja to the Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health of the city ("Court asks to be killed forensic psychiatric expertise target") the following must be clarified.
1 - We are not aware of any expedient issued by it which can confirm the factuality reported in the news said.
2 - Looking to find the possible source of the news reports poured in because we found just what we describe briefly.
- In a process which discusses inheritance, some interested, looking for a will shake than the benefits, They required the judge to determine the realization of specialized expertise in order to determine whether the date of the grant will the deceased testator was at the use of his faculties.
- Naturally, ask the expert answer "based on the clinical findings relating to that, your health then and the disease that suffered - dementia syndrome ".
- Before the request of interested parties Mrs.. Judge gave the order ordering it to request the Department of Psychiatry to report on whether it was feasible the required, over the death of the testator, by sending copy of the application.
- Following that order the secretariat forwarded to the Department of Psychiatry a craft, dated 9 January last, which effectively requesting "that should inform the present case on whether it is feasible the required (...).
3 – The said file of the content does not seem to result in any other interpretation possible other than to literally set out in that: calls up information on whether or not, before the clinical elements available, answer the question posed by interested applicants on whether the date on which granted the will the deceased testator was mentally fit to do.
4 – Nothing has been ordered by the Court, Merely request information to the competent body, in order to be able to take a position on an application submitted.
5 – Given what is exposed, manifests itself most puzzled by the content of the published news, that as easily proves nothing identify with the reality of facts and obviously affect unfairly the image and prestige of the courts.
