BATEMAN, Justice.
The appellant Martha Berney appeals from an order of the district court dismissing her petition to have her daughter, the appellant Patricia Lizabeth Berney, committed to a state hospital for treatment of narcotic addiction, pursuant to Vernon's Ann.Civ.St., Article 5561c-1, which became effective September 1, 1969. The petition was first filed in and submitted to the Probate Court of Dallas County, but was dismissed by that court for want for jurisdiction...
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