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Adams v. State Department of Mental Health & Mental Retardation

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama

Decided December 18, 1992No. 2910525Published

1Opinion of the Court

THIGPEN, Judge.

This is a recommitment case.

The record reveals that Eric Levon Adams has been a patient at Bryce Hospital (Bryce) since November 1990, when he was committed to the custody of the Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation (Department). Bryce Director Charles Fetner filed a petition in probate court to renew Adams’s commitment to the Department in May 1992, alleging that Adams has bipolar disorder, manic, characterized by delusions, paranoia, and inappropriate sexual behavior. Additionally, there *281were allegations that Adams posed a threat of substantial harm to himself…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Lynch v. BaxleyDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1974
  2. Albert Williams v. Kenneth WallisCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
  3. Lynch v. BaxleyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
  4. Thomas v. State Dept. of Mental HealthCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1992
  5. D.L. v. State Department of Human ResourcesCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1990

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