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IN RE S.A.

No. 89-225.

582 A.2d 137 (1990)

In re Judicial Review of S.A.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

August 24, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey L. Amestoy, Atty. Gen., Montpelier, and Joseph L. Winn, Asst. Atty. Gen., Brandon, for plaintiff-appellee Dept. of Mental Health.

John H. Carnahan of Fitts, Olson, Carnahan, Anderson & Bump, Brattleboro, for defendants-appellants S.A.'s parents.

Nancy Breiden, Vermont Legal Aid, Inc., Brandon, for defendant-appellee S.A.

Allan R. Keyes and John A. Serafino of Ryan Smith & Carbine, Ltd., Rutland, for amicus curiae, Brandon Training School Ass'n.

Mickenberg, Dunn, Sirotkin & Dorsch, Burlington, for amici curiae, Vermont Developmental Disabilities Council, Vermont Protection and Advocacy, Inc. and Vermont Ass'n for Retarded Citizens.

Before ALLEN, C.J., PECK, GIBSON and DOOLEY, JJ., and BARNEY, C.J. (Ret.), Specially Assigned.

PECK, Justice.

The parents of S.A. appeal a district court judgment finding their son, S.A., eligible for conditional release to a community placement. We affirm.

I.

S.A., age 44, has lived at Brandon Training School (Brandon) since age 4, after he suffered postinfectious encephalitis that damaged his central nervous system and left him profoundly mentally retarded. He requires twenty-four hour care and...

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