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IN RE ERIN

No. 99-CA-496.

751 So.2d 944 (1999)

In re ERIN B.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Writ Granted December 8, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph C. Seyler, Mental Health Advocacy Service, New Orleans, Louisiana, Counsel for respondent-appellant.

Gregory G. Gremillion, Walter P. Maestri, Windhorst, Gaudry, Ranson Higgins & Gremillion, Gretna, Louisiana, Counsel for appellees, Carolyn Broussard and Daniel Broussard, Jr.

Court composed of Judges H. CHARLES GAUDIN, EDWARD A. DUFRESNE, Jr. and JAMES L. CANNELLA.

GAUDIN, Judge.

This appeal arises out of the judicial commitment of Erin B. to Central Louisiana State Hospital on March 8, 1999. Erin B. argues that the trial court erred in committing her to a state mental facility because she is not a danger to herself or others and because she is not disabled as a result of her mental illness. The trial court found that Erin B. was gravely disabled because she has a mental illness and that she refuses to take her medication.<...

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