BUTLER COUNTY APPEAL

No. 388 C.D. 1983.

84 Pa.Commw. 280 (1984)

In Re: M. J. S., County of Butler, Appellant.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

August 1, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander H. Lindsay, with him, William C. Robinson and Kenneth D. Perkins, Henninger & Robinson, for appellant.

Martha Z. Zatezalo, Buchanan Ingersoll Professional Corporation, for appellee.

Argued March 14, 1984, before Judges WILLIAMS, JR., DOYLE and BLATT, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE DOYLE, August 1, 1984:

This is an appeal by the County of Butler from the decision of the Butler County Court of Common Pleas which ordered that M. J. S. remain a patient at the Elwyn Institute, and that the County continue funding for her treatment.

M. J. S. (Patient) is a severely mentally retarded adult who suffers from Down's Syndrome. Since 1957 she has resided at the Elwyn Institute, a private residential facility for the mentally retarded...

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