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IN RE GATSON

No. 49,781

3 Kan. App. 2d 265 (1979)

593 P.2d 423

In the Matter of the Treatment of MARILYN GATSON, Proposed Patient.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

Opinion filed April 20, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry Albin, of Kansas City, for the appellant.

Michael Grosko, assistant district attorney, Curt T. Schneider, attorney general, and Nick Tomasic, district attorney, for the appellee.

Before FOTH, C.J., PARKS and SWINEHART, JJ.

SWINEHART, J.:

This is an appeal from an involuntary commitment proceeding wherein the appellant was adjudicated a "mentally ill person" within the meaning of K.S.A. 1977 Supp. 59-2902(1) and ordered to Osawatomie State Hospital for treatment.

On December 1, 1977, the brother of the appellant filed a petition alleging the appellant to be a mentally ill person and requesting such an adjudication and commitment for treatment. Counsel was appointed to represent...

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