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IN RE M.D.

No. 94-016.

655 A.2d 723 (1994)

In re M.D.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

December 30, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher C. Moll, Windham County Deputy State's Atty., Brattleboro, for plaintiff-appellee.

Geoffrey F. Walsh, Vermont Legal Aid, Inc., Springfield, for defendant-appellant.

Before ALLEN, C.J., DOOLEY, MORSE and JOHNSON, JJ., and MALONEY, Supr.J., Specially Assigned.

JOHNSON, Justice.

We hold today that the Commissioner of Mental Health and Mental Retardation has authority to transfer patients in the care and custody of the State, whether as voluntary or involuntary patients, under the Interstate Compact on Mental Health, 18 V.S.A. §§ 9001-9052 (Compact). Because the family court erred in its interpretation of the Compact, we reverse its order involuntarily committing M.D.,...

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