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IN RE COLLINS

No. 17125.

102 Ill. App.3d 138 (1981)

429 N.E.2d 531

In re QUINCE COLLINS. — (THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Petitioner-Appellee, v. QUINCE COLLINS, Respondent-Appellant.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed November 25, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Susan Ganski, of Illinois Guardianship & Advocacy Commission, of Springfield, for appellant.

J. William Roberts, State's Attorney, of Springfield (Robert J. Biderman and Denise M. Paul, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE MILLS delivered the opinion of the court:

The mandate of State mental health legislation is unequivocal: in an involuntary admission, an examining physician or psychiatrist must first personally inform the patient of his rights or that examiner will not be permitted to testify as to the patient's admissions at any subsequent court hearing.

The intent and direction of the legislature here is manifest — yet...

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