STATE v. BEVILACQUA

No. 2201.

447 S.E.2d 213 (1994)

STATE of South Carolina, Respondent, v. Joseph J. BEVILACQUA, Ph.D., Commissioner of the State Department of Mental Health, Appellant. In the Interest of: DOUGLAS F., a minor under 17 years of age.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided July 5, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kennerly M. McLendon, South Carolina Dept. of Mental Health, Columbia, for appellant.

Asst. Sol. John W. DeJong, Greenville, for respondent.


PER CURIAM:

This is a contempt action for failure to comply with a family court order requiring the admission of a minor for psychiatric treatment to a hospital operated by the South Carolina Department of Mental Health (the Department). The named defendant is the Commissioner of the Department of Mental Health in his official capacity as Commissioner. The family court held the Commissioner in contempt for the Department's failure to comply with its admission order...

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