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IN RE PERRUSO

No. 03-FM-159.

896 A.2d 255 (2006)

In re Edith PERRUSO, Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 13, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth H. Rosenau, Washington, DC, appointed by the court, for appellant.

Lynda S. Abramovitz, Assistant Corporation Counsel, with whom Robert J. Spagnoletti, Corporation Counsel, Edward E. Schwab, Deputy Corporation Counsel, and Tonya A. Robinson, Acting Deputy Corporation Counsel, were on the brief, for appellee District of Columbia.*

Before FARRELL, Associate Judge, and BELSON and TERRY, Senior Judges.

TERRY, Senior Judge:

This is an appeal from a trial court order revoking appellant's outpatient commitment to Saint Elizabeths Hospital and committing her as an inpatient "for an indefinite period." We are satisfied that the order is amply supported by the evidence of record, and thus we affirm.

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In August 2001 appellant was civilly "committed to the Department of Mental Health for an indefinite period to participate in an outpatient course of treatment...

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