IN RE DEVINE

No. 2-90-0656.

572 N.E.2d 1238 (1991)

214 Ill. App.3d 1

157 Ill.Dec. 774

In re Dan DEVINE, a Person Found Subject to Involuntary Commitment (The People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Dan Devine, Respondent-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

Rehearing Denied June 27, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Coffin (argued), Guardianship & Advocacy Comm'n, Jennifer K. Soule, Elgin, for Dan Devine.

Gary V. Johnson, Kane County State's Atty., Geneva, William L. Browers, Deputy Director, Cynthia N. Schneider (argued), State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, for the People.


Justice BOWMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Respondent, Dan Devine, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Kane County which involuntarily committed him to the Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities (Department). Respondent contends that the order must be reversed because the statutory provisions for involuntary commitment proceedings were not strictly followed. He also requests that the commitment order be expunged from court records...

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