STATE EX REL. MENTAL HEALTH COM'R v. ESTATE OF LOTTS

No. 2-1173A254.

332 N.E.2d 234 (1975)

STATE of Indiana On the Relation of the Mental Health Commissioner, William Ellsworth Murray, M.D., Appellant, v. The ESTATE OF Clarence O. LOTTS, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Indiana, Second District.

August 13, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore L. Sendak, Atty. Gen., A. Frank Gleaves, III, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellant.

George L. Hanna, Hanna & Gerde, Lafayette, for appellee.


BUCHANAN, Judge.

CASE SUMMARY

The State of Indiana, on the relation of the Mental Health Commissioner, William Ellsworth Murray, M.D. (the State) appeals from a trial court judgment absolving Defendant-Appellee, Estate of Clarence O. Lotts (Lotts) from liability for maintenance of Lotts' adult daughter at Logansport State Hospital, the State claiming Lotts was liable under Ind. Ann. Stat. § 22-401 et seq. (the Former Responsible Relative Statutes...

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