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IN RE SLAUGHTER

No. 2-92-0321.

625 N.E.2d 832 (1993)

253 Ill. App.3d 718

192 Ill.Dec. 677

In re Maria SLAUGHTER, Alleged to be a Person Subject to Involuntary Admission (The People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Maria Slaughter, Respondent-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

Rehearing Denied January 20, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Coffin (on brief), Guardianship & Advocacy Com'n, Chicago, Michael E. Kalland, for Maria Slaughter.

David R. Akemann, Kane County State's Atty., St. Charles, William L. Browers and Marshall M. Stevens, State's Atty. Appellate Prosecutors (on brief), Elgin, for the People.

Presiding Justice INGLIS delivered the opinion of the court:

Respondent, Maria Slaughter, appeals a circuit court order committing her to the Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities (see 405 ILCS 5/3-600 et seq. (West 1992)). She argues that the order must be reversed because: (1) the trial court abused its discretion when, after the hearing had begun, it granted sua sponte a continuance to enable the State to

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