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IN RE TREATMENT OF L.G.

No. 16440-0-II.

78 Wn. App. 420 (1995)

897 P.2d 1275

In re the Treatment of L.G. RANDY HURST, Respondent, v. L.G., Appellant, and DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, Intervenor.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division Two.

July 5, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Hays, Court Appointed Counsel, for appellant.

Randy Hurst, pro se.

Linda A. Sullivan, Assistant Attorney General, DSHS, Amicus State Counsel.

ALEXANDER, J.*

L.G. appeals an order of the Cowlitz County Superior Court denying his motion to dismiss the State's petition to commit him for involuntary treatment of alcoholism. L.G. contends that RCW 70.96A.140, the statute under which the proceeding against L.G. was initiated, is of no force or effect because it purports to authorize nonattorneys to file such petitions and, thus, unconstitutionally usurps the judiciary's authority...

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