In re Klepper

The judgment of the Court of Appeals is reversed.

The petition states a cause of action alleging that petitioner has been committed to a private mental institution for a period not to exceed 90 days and is being deprived and restrained of her liberty without due process of law in violation of her constitutional rights.

The Court of Appeals was in error in sustaining the motion to dismiss. Habeas corpus will lie to determine whether a person was afforded substantive and procedural due process in non-criminal involuntary civil commitment proceedings, undertaken pursuant to R. C. 5122.15, where…