Legal Opinion

In RE: S.M. Appeal Of: S.M.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 15, 2017No. 906 WDA 2016PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

MOULTON, J.:

S.M. appeals from the "May 25, 2016 order entered in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas concluding that S.M. is severely mentally disabled and directing S.M. to remain involuntarily committed to an inpatient facility for 30 days, to be followed by 150 days of outpatient psychiatric treatment. After a careful review of the record, we reverse. While ap-pellee Allegheny County (“County”) cites to a history of conduct that might support the involuntary commitment at issue, little of that history is part of the record before this Court. Because the record before us…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Addington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Commonwealth v. PrestonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
  3. Commonwealth v. McBrideSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
  4. Commonwealth v. MartzSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
  5. Commonwealth v. MealsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2006

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