Matter of Melas

OPINION

CRIPPEN, Judge.

Melas appeals an order committing her for mental illness treatment. We affirm.

FACTS

Appellant, age 28, is the mother of two children, a boy, age 10, and a girl, 18 months old. Two police officers came to appellant’s duplex at about 8:00 a.m. on April 8, 1985, after a neighbor complained that Melas was yelling and screaming and her children were crying.

Police Officer Richard Pietrza testified that appellant’s son had numerous bleeding cuts on his back, a scratched and swollen face, and a puffy nose. The boy said Melas woke him at about 6:00 a.m. by slapping him, and that…