A petition for a determination of a person's ability to give informed consent to a sterilization procedure may be filed by the person seeking sterilization, the attending physician, physician associate or nurse practitioner of the person seeking sterilization, or by an interested person concerned with the respondent's health and well-being. Such a petition shall be filed in the circuit court in the county in which the respondent resides or has domicile.
ORS 436.235