R.J.D. v. VAUGHAN CLINIC, P.C.

89-631.

572 So.2d 1225 (1990)

R.J.D. v. The VAUGHAN CLINIC, P.C., et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

December 7, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald R. Rhea of Rhea, Boyd & Rhea, and Roy Moore, Gadsden, for appellant.

Roger C. Foster and Robert G. Boliek, Jr., of McDaniel, Hall, Conerly & Lusk, Birmingham, for appellees Vaughan Clinic and Dr. Gary S. Grayson.

William T. Mills II and Keith J. Pflaum of Porterfield, Harper & Mills, Birmingham, for appellee Children's Hosp.


MADDOX, Justice.

This appeal involves the question whether a custodial parent has the right to have her 17-year-old minor child admitted into a private psychiatric hospital against the minor child's will and without her consent. The issue presented on appeal is whether a private physician and private hospital that admit and hold such a minor child against the child's will, but based on the request and consent of the custodial parent, can be held liable for either...

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