Approval of inmates contracts, etc., by court

§ 21–1122. Approval of inmates contracts, etc., by court A public or private patient in the District Training School may not be allowed to execute a contract, deed, will, or other instrument unless the execution has first been allowed and approved by an order entered of record by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. A certified copy of the order shall be furnished to the Superintendent of the institution at the time of the execution of the instrument. The order of the court is evidence only of the capacity of the patient to make the instrument.