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MATTER OF ATKINSON

No. C7-89-959.

443 N.W.2d 864 (1989)

In the Matter of Timothy ATKINSON.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Review Denied October 13, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roderick N. Hale, Minneapolis, for appellant Atkinson.

Thomas L. Johnson, Hennepin County Atty., Elizabeth V. Cutter, Asst. County Atty., Minneapolis, for respondent.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., David Peter Iverson, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, for observer Minnesota Dept. of Human Services.

Heard, considered and decided by FORSBERG, P.J., and SHORT and THOREEN, JJ.

OPINION

FORSBERG, Judge.

Appellant Timothy Atkinson, a mentally retarded 17-year-old, challenges the actions of Faribault Regional Treatment Center (Faribault) in refusing to admit him as an informal patient. Atkinson also challenges Minn.Stat. § 253B.04, subd. 1 (1988) on equal protection grounds, arguing the statute unconstitutionally denies minor children 16 or over the right to have their parents informally...

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