IN RE MATTER OF LEE

Civ. 7371.

560 So.2d 1084 (1990)

In re the Matter of The Involuntary Commitment of: Margaret Elizabeth LEE alleged to be mentally ill.

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama.

February 21, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Larry McClenton, Hueytown, guardian ad litem, for appellant.

Susan Bethea of Smith, Hynds, Blocker & Lowther, Birmingham, for appellee.


ROBERTSON, Judge.

This is an appeal from an involuntary commitment order rendered on November 7, 1989, by the Probate Court of Jefferson County against Margaret Elizabeth Lee.

Mary Ann Street, Lee's sister, filed a petition for the involuntary commitment of Lee while she was hospitalized in the psychiatric unit of St. Vincent's Hospital. A guardian ad litem was appointed for Lee, and she was represented by private counsel as well.

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