Logansport State Hospital v. W.S.

OPINION

KIRSCH, Judge.

Logansport State Hospital (LSH), Fort Wayne Developmental Center (FWDC), and the Division of Mental Health (DMH) appeal an Order of the Wabash County Cireuit Court directing W.S. to be committed to FWDC on the condition that FWDC hire and maintain an increased staff of medical providers. One issue is presented in this interlocutory appeal:

Whether the trial court's order concerning W.S.'s placement at FWDC violated the separation of powers clause of the Indiana Constitution.

We reverse.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

W.S. was a patient at Miller's Merry Man- or (Manor), a…