LAKE COUNTY v. DIVISION OF MENTAL HEALTH

No. 56A03-9707-CV-243.

698 N.E.2d 814 (1998)

LAKE COUNTY, et al., Appellant-Defendant Third-Party Plaintiff and Cross-Plaintiff, v. DIVISION OF MENTAL HEALTH, Appellee-Third Party Defendant, St. Margaret Mercy Healthcare Centers, Inc., Appellee-Plaintiff, Brian P. O'Donnell, Appellee-Cross-Defendant.

Court of Appeals of Indiana.

August 5, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald M. Bishop, Cheryl A. Kuechenberg, Greco Pera & Bishop, Merrillville, for Appellant-Defendant Third-Party Plaintiff and Cross-Plaintiff.

Jeffrey A. Modisett, Attorney General, Jon Laramore, Deputy Attorney General, for Appellee-Third Party Defendant Division of Mental Health.

John H. Lloyd, IV, Galvin, Galvin & Leeney, Hammond, for St. Margaret Mercy Healthcare Centers, Inc., for appellee.


OPINION

STATON, Judge.

Lake County, the County Council of Lake County, and the Board of County Commissioners of Lake County (collectively "the County") appeal the trial court's grant of the Indiana Division of Mental Health's ("DMH") motion for judgment on the pleadings. The County raises two issues on appeal which we restate as:

I. Whether a court other than the committing court may order the DMH...

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