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MATTER OF TARPLEY

No. 49S02-9112-CV-956.

581 N.E.2d 1251 (1991)

In the matter of the Mental Commitment of Timothy Tarpley, Appellant (Respondent below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

Rehearing Denied March 3, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth J. Falk, Lisa Hayes, Legal Services Organization of Indiana, Inc., Indianapolis, for appellant.

J. Michael Grubbs, Locke Reynolds Boyd & Weisell, Indianapolis, for appellee.

ON PETITION TO TRANSFER

KRAHULIK, Justice.

We accept transfer in this case for the limited purpose of determining whether a mental patient, involuntarily committed as an out-patient, may be held in contempt of court for refusing court-ordered medication. We hold that contempt is not an appropriate procedure in this setting.

Respondent-appellant Timothy Tarpley is a 33-year-old man with a history of dangerous behavior due to chronic paranoid schizophrenia...

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