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IN RE WHEELER

No. 2-86-0547.

152 Ill. App.3d 371 (1987)

504 N.E.2d 524

In re GLADYS WHEELER, Asserted to be a Person Subject to Involuntary Admission (The People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Gladys Wheeler, Respondent-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Rehearing denied March 16, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sharon R. Rudy, of Guardianship & Advocacy Commission, of Rockford, for appellant.

Daniel D. Doyle, State's Attorney, of Rockford (William L. Browers and Virginia M. Ashley, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE DUNN delivered the opinion of the court:

Respondent, Gladys Wheeler, appeals the decision of the trial court which ordered her committed for mental-health treatment. Respondent argues that the physician's certificate accompanying the petition for involuntary commitment was insufficient as a matter of law and this deprived the trial court of subject matter jurisdiction.

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