Department of Mental Health v. Kendall

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE DRUCKER

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, the Department of Mental Health of the State of Illinois, filed suit to collect the cost of treatment charges from defendant as a responsible relative, for the treatment of defendant’s wife in a state hospital during the period prior to their divorce. The trial court denied defendant’s motion to dismiss pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 103(b) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 110A, par. 103(b)) and the five-year statute of limitations of the Mental Health Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 91½, par. 12 — 12). The court entered…