MOULIOM v. NORTHEAST FLORIDA STATE HOSP.

No. 1D13-3807.

128 So.3d 979 (2014)

Patricia A. MOULIOM, Appellant, v. NORTHEAST FLORIDA STATE HOSPITAL, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

January 3, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Daniels , Public Defender, Julie C. Johnson , Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

J. Melton Bessinger , Institution Counsel, MacClenny, for Appellee.


WETHERELL, J.

Appellant, Patricia Mouliom, seeks review of the final administrative order continuing her involuntary inpatient placement under the Baker Act.1 The order was entered after a hearing at which Ms. Mouliom was not present. Ms. Mouliom contends that conducting the hearing in her absence amounts to fundamental error. We agree and reverse.

In June 2013, the administrator at the Northeast Florida State Hospital filed a...

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