MATTER OF HIATT

No. 799DC646.

262 S.E.2d 685 (1980)

In the Matter of Ethel Mae Goodson HIATT, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

February 19, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Associate Atty. Gen., Christopher S. Crosby, Raleigh, for the State.

Susan Freya Olive, Butner, for respondent-appellant.


WEBB, Judge.

In this case the court in its order, concurring with the voluntary commitment of the respondent, did not make a finding that the respondent was mentally ill. The only question raised by this appeal is whether the court erred in ordering respondent's continued voluntary hospitalization and treatment without such a finding. We hold this was error. G.S. 122-56.7 provides:

(a) A hearing shall be held in district court in the county in which the treatment...

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