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GUARDIANSHIP OF MUELLNER v. BLESSING HOSP.

No. 4-02-0148.

782 N.E.2d 799 (2002)

335 Ill. App.3d 1079

270 Ill.Dec. 240

In the Matter of the GUARDIANSHIP OF Sandra MUELLNER, a Disabled Adult, Respondent-Appellant, v. BLESSING HOSPITAL, Petitioner (Office of State Guardian, Petitioner-Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

December 10, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry G. Lowy (argued), Equip for Equality, Inc., Springfield, for Sandra Muellner.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Joel D. Bertocchi, Solicitor General, Michael P. Doyle, Assistant Attorney General (argued), Chicago, for Office of State Guardian.

Mark J. Heyrman, Edwin F. Mandel Legal Aid Clinic, Chicago, for Amicus Curiae, Mental Health Association in Illinois.

Daniel J. Depke, Law Offices of Daniel J. Depke, Quincy, James B. Moses Jr., Guardian Ad Litem, Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Commission, Peoria, for Sandra Muellner.

Presiding Justice MYERSCOUGH delivered the opinion of the court:

In January 2002, the trial court found respondent, Sandra Muellner, to be a disabled adult and appointed petitioner, the Office of State Guardian (State Guardian), as limited guardian of her person. Respondent appeals, arguing the trial court erred in authorizing the State Guardian to place her in a nursing home's behavioral unit without proceeding for her involuntary commitment under chapter III of...

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