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COMPTON v. DEPT. OF M. HEALTH & M. RET.

Record No. 890406.

389 S.E.2d 460 (1990)

Burl M. COMPTON v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia, ex rel. DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL RETARDATION, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 2, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Colin R. Gibb (James L. Warren and Warren, Gibb and Scheid, Narrows, on brief), for appellant.

W. Mark Dunn, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Mary Sue Terry, Atty. Gen., Gail Starling Marshall, Deputy Atty. Gen., and Mary Yancey Spencer, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellees.

Present All the Justices.

STEPHENSON, Justice.

Code § 37.1-105 provides, in pertinent part, that "[a]ny person ... responsible for the support of a patient pursuant to § 20-61 shall be liable for the expenses of his care and treatment ... in a state hospital." Code § 20-61 provides, inter alia, that a parent who "fails to provide for the support and maintenance of his or her ... child of whatever age who is ... incapacitated from earning a living, the ... child... being...

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