MATTER OF PIMA CTY. MENTAL HEALTH SERV.

No. 2 CA-MH 88-0006.

159 Ariz. 547 (1988)

768 P.2d 1192

In the Matter of the APPEAL IN PIMA COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE ACTION NO. MH-674-5-88.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 2, Department A.

Review Denied March 21, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Manuel H. Garcia, Tucson, for appellant.

Stephen D. Neely, Pima Co. Atty. by Suzanne Hodges, Tucson, for appellee.


OPINION

LIVERMORE, Presiding Judge.

On evidence establishing that the appellant suffered from a psychotic disorder with frequent decompensation resulting in so much overdrinking of water that it became life-threatening, the trial court found her gravely disabled and ordered her committed to the Arizona State Hospital. This appeal questions that finding. We affirm.

A.R.S. § 36-501(14) reads: "`Gravely disabled' means a condition evidenced by behavior...

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