Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Shepard
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided April 24, 1972No. Record 7814PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCochran, J.
The question presented by this appeal is whether the estate of an incompetent mother is liable for the care and maintenance of her adult incompetent son in a state mental hospital.
The facts are not in dispute. Mrs. Jean Key Shepard, a widow, has been mentally incompetent since 1939. She was approximately 80 years of age at the time this proceeding was instituted. Her son, Francis Key Shepard, then age 43, has been mentally incompetent since he was 18. He has been a patient in Western State Hospital since his commitment on August 1, 1965. It is improbable that he will ever be able to live…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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3Cited by7 opinions
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