IN RE INTEREST OF NELSON

No. 26137.

515 P.2d 1129 (1973)

In re In the Interest of Pauline M. NELSON, a/k/a Maggie Pauline Nelson, Respondent-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

November 12, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert T. Page, Michael A. Wolff, Denver, for respondent-appellant.

Max P. Zall, City Atty., Albert Eckhardt, Morris P. Evans, Asst. City Attys., Denver, for appellee-people.

Edwin S. Kahn, Denver, for American Civil Liberties Union of Colo., amicus curiae.


DAY, Justice.

The appellant, Pauline M. Nelson, was adjudicated a mentally ill person in the Denver probate court. Her adjudication, commitment and subsequent release under supervision and out-patient treatment are not challenged. At issue on the appeal in this court is the denial of appellant's petition to the probate court to adjudicate her as competent to drive a car. She alleges that on three different occasions, when she so petitioned the court, her request was...

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