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IN RE PETITION OF J.M.Y.

No. 33 WAP 2018.

218 A.3d 404 (2019)

IN RE: Petition of J.M.Y. Appeal of: Pennsylvania State Police.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: October 15, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Joseph Herman , Pennsylvania State Police, for Pennsylvania State Police, Appellant.

Nolan B. Meeks , Pennsylvania State Police, for Pennsylvania State Police, Appellant.

Terry W. Despoy , Despoy & Robertson, for J.M.Y., Appellee.

Paul R. Molter , Allegheny County Solicitor's Office, for Allegheny County Department of Behavioral Health, Appellee.

J. Chadwick Schnee , Bucks County Solicitor's Office, for County of Berks Office of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities, Amicus Curiae.

SAYLOR, C.J., BAER, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, JJ.

OPINION

In this appeal brought by the Pennsylvania State Police ("PSP"), we address whether the lower courts had jurisdiction to consider the challenge by Appellee J.M.Y. to his certification for involuntary mental health treatment pursuant to Section 303 of the Mental Health Procedures Act ("MHPA"...

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