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IN RE MENTAL HEALTH OF S.A.V.

No. 2008 CA 1013.

992 So.2d 1067 (2008)

In the Matter of MENTAL HEALTH OF S.A.V.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

June 20, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Prokop, Jr., Baton Rouge, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellee, Dr. Sudheera Rachamallu.

Brittany R. Yoes, Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendant/Appellant, S.A.V.

Before CARTER, C.J., WHIPPLE and DOWNING, JJ.

CARTER, C.J.

This appeal concerns the judicial commitment of S.A.V. pursuant to La. R.S. 28:54 of the Mental Health Law. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On February 11, 2008, S.A.V. was admitted to Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center pursuant to a physician's emergency certificate.1 The physician's certificate, signed by Dr. G. Broussard, reported that S.A.V., a fifty...

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