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MATTER OF DEAN

No. 4045.

607 P.2d 132 (1980)

94 N.M. 45

In the Matter of Kathy DEAN, Alleged Mentally Ill Individual. STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kathy DEAN, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

January 15, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee Huckstep, Mel B. O'Reilly, P.C., Ruidoso, for appellant.

Jeff Bingaman, Atty. Gen., Leslie D. Ringer, Chief Counsel, Beth W. Schaefer, Asst. Counsel Health and Environment Department, Santa Fe, for appellee.

OPINION

HERNANDEZ, Judge.

The defendant appeals her involuntary commitment by the district court to the New Mexico State Hospital (State Hospital) for a period not to exceed 30 days. We affirm.

On February 20, 1979, defendant was involuntarily committed to the State Hospital upon a physician's certificate for a 7-day evaluation period pursuant to the provisions of the Mental Health and Development Disabilities Code, Section 43-1-2 through 19 and...

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