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MATTER OF L.M.S.

No. 17335-CA.

476 So.2d 934 (1985)

In the Matter of L.M.S.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

September 25, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mental Health Advocacy Service by E. Paul Young, Shreveport, for appellant.

Rogers M. Prestridge, Bossier City, for appellees.

Before HALL, NORRIS and LINDSAY, JJ.

NORRIS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of civil commitment. The respondent below, L.M.S., was placed in Humana Hospital Brentwood by means of an emergency certificate on February 28, 1985. The petitioners, L.M.S.'s daughters, filed a petition for formal commitment on March 12. The trial court appointed a psychiatrist to examine L.M.S.; L.M.S. also moved for and obtained a psychiatric expert. At the hearing on the rule, the trial court heard the testimony...

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