Stanley FORD, an Incompetent Person, etc., Plaintiff and Appellant,
v.
Robert NORTON et al., Defendants and Respondents.
Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
June 7, 2001.
Review Denied August 29, 2001.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Hunt & Associates, Paso Robles, and Eric J. Parkinson, San Luis Obispo, for Plaintiff and Appellant.
Catherine I. Hanson and Astrid G. Meghrigian, San Francisco, for California Medical Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.
Daniel H. Willick, Los Angeles, for California Psychiatric Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.
Marderosian, Oren & Paboojian Fresno, and Michael E. Lehman, for Defendant and Respondent Robert Norton.
Baker, Manock & Jensen, Fresno, Gayle D. Hearst and Michelle E. Guardado, for Defendant and Respondent Harvey Biala.
Koenig Caprile & Berk, William J. Koenig, Sacramento, and Jeanne L. Vance, for California Psychological Association and California Association of Psychology Providers as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.
Nathalie Gilfoyle; Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, Christian E. Mammen, San Francisco, and Jonathan R. Dowell, for American Psychological Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.
Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.
OPINION
LEVY, J.
The Lanterman-Petris-Short Act (LPS Act)1 is intended to provide prompt, short-term, community-based intensive treatment, without stigma or loss of liberty, to individuals with mental disorders who are either dangerous or gravely disabled. (Conservatorship of Chambers (1977) 71 Cal.App.3d 277, 282, 139 Cal.Rptr. 357....
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