PETITION OF ACKERMAN

No. 3-379A60.

409 N.E.2d 1211 (1980)

In the matter of the PETITION OF Ora ACKERMAN for the Commitment of Charles Hartman to the Fort Wayne State Hospital and Training Center.

Court of Appeals of Indiana, Fourth District.

September 24, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore L. Sendak, Atty. Gen., David Michael Wallman, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellant.

Pedro J. DeJesus, Indiana Protection & Advocacy Service Com'n for the Developmentally Disabled, Indianapolis, for appellee.

Ronald M. Soskin, National Center for Law and the Handicapped, Inc., South Bend, for amicus curiae.


CHIPMAN, Judge.

The State of Indiana appeals from an order of the Elkhart Superior Court which, in part, directed the Fort Wayne State Hospital and Training Center to implement a specific treatment or habilitation program on behalf of the appellee, Charles Hartman.

We affirm.

This case concerns the rights of an individual who has been involuntarily institutionalized by the State of Indiana. Specifically...

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