IN RE DIANA M.

No. 5-05-0164.

847 N.E.2d 518 (2006)

364 Ill. App.3d 715

301 Ill.Dec. 508

In re DIANA M., Alleged to Be a Person Subject to Involuntary Admission (The People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Diana M., Respondent-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

Motion to Publish Granted April 7, 2006.

Opinion Filed April 7, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony E. Rothert, Staff Attorney, Legal Advocacy Service, Guardianship and Advocacy Commission, Alton, for Appellant.

William A. Mudge, State's Attorney, Edwardsville; Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Stephen E. Norris, Deputy Director, T. David Purcell, Staff Attorney, Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Mt. Vernon, for Appellee.


Presiding Justice SPOMER delivered the opinion of the court:

The respondent, Diana M., appeals an order of the circuit court of Madison County that found her to be a person subject to involuntary admission and that ordered her to be hospitalized in the Department of Human Services (the Department). For the reasons that follow, we reverse the decision of the circuit court.

The respondent was admitted to the Alton Mental Health Center on August 13, 2004, after...

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