IN RE F.C.

No. 1302 WDA 2007

966 A.2d 1131 (2009)

In the Interest of F.C., III, a minor. Appeal of F.C., III, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed January 23, 2009.

Reargument Denied April 2, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Crum, Jr., Pittsburgh, for F.C., appellant.

Laval S. Miller-Wilson, Philadelphia, Juvenile Law Center, appellant.

Elizabeth L. Hughes, Pittsburgh, for Allegheny County Dept. of Human Services, appellee.

Lynn Reddick, Pittsburgh, participating party.

Christina Kennedy, Pittsburgh, participating party.

Zygmont A. Pines, Philadelphia, participating party.

Thomas W. Corbett, Jr., Attorney General, Harrisburg, participating party.

BEFORE: MUSMANNO, DONOHUE and COLVILLE, JJ.


OPINION BY COLVILLE, J.:

¶ 1 F.C., a minor, appeals the order committing him to involuntary drug and/or alcohol treatment under 71 P.S. § 1690.112a (commitment of minors, "Act 53"). The issues are: (1) whether F.C. was denied due process when, based solely on a petition for involuntary drug treatment, he was detained and subjected to a drug and alcohol assessment in which he was compelled to divulge private information without first being given notice and...

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