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IN RE HUTCHINSON

500 Pa. 152 (1982)

454 A.2d 1008

In re Commitment of Donna HUTCHINSON. Appeal of the SCHUYLKILL COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL RETARDATION PROGRAM.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 31, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alvin E. Maurer, Jr., Pottsville, for appellant.

Robert J. Manara, Norristown, for appellee.

Howard Ulan, Asst. Atty. Gen., James G. Morgan, Jr., Harrisburg, amicus curiae for Mental Health and Mental Retardation Ass'n.

Before O'BRIEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY and McDERMOTT, JJ.

OPINION

McDERMOTT, Justice.

This is an appeal by appellant, Schuylkill County Mental Health and Mental Retardation Program, from a Superior Court order reversing the decision of the Schuylkill County Court of Common Pleas, by which appellee, Donna Hutchinson, was involuntarily committed to Wernersville State Hospital for a period of ninety days for psychiatric treatment under Section 304 of the Mental Health Procedures Act (hereinafter "MHPA").

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