MATTER OF KING

No. 1 CA-CIV 8571.

150 Ariz. 206 (1986)

722 P.2d 374

In the Matter of Shane KING re: Mental Health Services. Shane KING, Appellant, v. STATE of Arizona, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department A.

Review Denied July 15, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Charles L. Arnold, P.C. by Charles L. Arnold, Phoenix, for appellant.

Robert K. Corbin, Atty. Gen., by Jodi Weisberg, Asst. Atty. Gen., Phoenix, for appellee.


OPINION

KLEINSCHMIDT, Judge.

The question presented is whether periods of unauthorized absence from a mental health treatment facility can properly be excluded from the period of inpatient treatment imposed under A.R.S. § 36-540(E)(2), the statute providing for inpatient treatment for a person found to be a danger to others. We hold that such periods are excludable, and affirm the order below.

On November 29, 1984, the superior court found that...

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