IN RE MH2011-000914

No. 1 CA-MH 11-0054.

275 P.3d 611 (2012)

In re MH2011-000914.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1.

March 27, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William G. Montgomery , Maricopa County Attorney by Anne C. Longo , Geraldine L. Roll , Deputy County Attorneys, Civil Division, Phoenix, Attorneys for Appellee.

Marty Lieberman , Maricopa County Legal Defender by Cynthia Dawn Beck , Deputy Legal Defender, Phoenix, Attorneys for Appellant.


OPINION

PORTLEY, Judge.

¶ 1 We are asked to determine whether an affidavit from an evaluating physician satisfied the statutory requirements to allow the trial court to conclude that Appellant was persistently or acutely disabled. Because we find that the affidavit was not legally sufficient, we vacate the involuntary treatment order.

FACTS

¶ 2 Appellant was admitted to Desert Vista Hospital after her husband filed an emergency...

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