(CNN) When Nadia King, 6, was removed from her school last week and taken to a mental health facility for an involuntary psychiatric evaluation, she was held under Florida's Baker Act, according to an incident report from the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.

Her mother, Martina Falk, was contacted after the decision was made and Nadia was already on her way to the facility, Falk's attorney said.

And that is not especially unusual. There were 36,078 involuntary examination of minors in Florida between July 2017 and June 2018, according to a report from the state's Department of Children and Families.

But what exactly is the Baker Act and how can a child be held without the permission of her parent?

The Florida Mental Health Act was enacted by the state in 1971 and is usually referred to as the "Baker Act" for the sponsoring state representative of the bill, Maxine Baker, the Florida Department of Children and Families said in a Baker Act user reference guide

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