BISHOP v. S.C. DEPT. OF MENTAL HEALTH

No. 24799.

331 S.C. 79 (1998)

502 S.E.2d 78

Brenda D. BISHOP, as Guardian ad Litem for Bobbi Hatley Robertson, Petitioner, v. SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided June 8, 1998.

Rehearing Denied July 17, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H.W. Pat Paschal, Jr., of Miller & Paschal, Greenville, for petitioner.

Ashby W. Davis, Steven A. Snyder, and Gregory A. Morton, all of Donnan, Morton, Davis & Snyder, P.A., Greenville, for respondent.


BURNETT, Justice:

This Court granted certiorari to review the Court of Appeals' opinion in Bishop v. South Carolina Department of Mental Health, 323 S.C. 158, 473 S.E.2d 814 (Ct.App.1996). We affirm as modified.

FACTS

On March 1, 1990, Petitioner Brenda Bishop (grandmother) signed an affidavit which led to the involuntary commitment of her daughter, Tammi Lee Hatley (mother), to Respondent South Carolina...

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