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MATTER OF COMMITMENT OF PILGRIM

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607 So.2d 291 (1992)

In the Matter of the INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT of Gary Dean PILGRIM.

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama.

September 4, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan Ankenbrandt Mitchell, Birmingham, for appellant.

Ted A. Mills, Birmingham, for appellee.

L. CHARLES WRIGHT, Retired Appellate Judge.

In May 1992 a petition to commit Gary Pilgrim to a mental institution was filed by his mother in the Probate Court of Jefferson County. Following a hearing, the probate court committed Pilgrim to the custody of the State Department of Mental Health. Pilgrim appeals.

On appeal, Pilgrim's sole assertion is that Alabama's recently revised civil commitment law, §§ 22-52-1 through -15, Code 1975, is unconstitutional...

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