In Re Commitment of Chambers
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
*329HESTER, Judge:
Presently before the court is the appeal of Shirley Chambers from the order dated August 28, 1978 for her involuntary treatment pursuant to Section 304 of the Mental Health Procedures Act.1
For the reason that the “order” appealed from was issued by the Mental Health Review Officer and not by the lower court, we conclude that this matter is not presently ripe for appellate disposition and therefore remand to the lower court for action consistent with this opinion.
Initially, we note that Section 742 of the Judicial Code vests the Superior Court with exclusive appellate…
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