People v. Smith

On July 17, 1985, respondent, Tammie Lynn Smith, a 17-year-old minor who was a voluntary patient at the Adolf Meyer Mental Health Center in Decatur, Illinois (Adolf Meyer), signed a “Request for Release of Patient on Informal or Voluntary Admission” form and delivered it to the appropriate agent of Adolf Meyer, all pursuant to the requirements of section 3 — 403 of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code (Code) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 911/2, par. 3 — 403). In compliance with further requirements of section 3 — 403, Adolf Meyer filed a “Petition for Review of Voluntary…