Legal Opinion

J.S. v. Center for Behavioral Health

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided May 12, 2006No. 53A04-0509-CV-563PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

SHARPNACK, Judge.

J.S. appeals the trial court's grant of a commitment and foreed medication order sought by the Center for Behavioral Health ("CBH"). 1 J.S. raises two issues, which we restate as:

I. Whether the evidence is sufficient to sustain the trial court's commitment order; and

II. Whether evidence is sufficient to sustain the trial court's forced medication order.

We affirm.

The relevant facts follow. J.S. is a forty-eight-year-old woman who has been diagnosed with a "psychotic disorder, not otherwise specified" with "many of the typical symptoms of schizophrenia, the paranoid…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Addington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. In Re the Mental Commitment of M.P.Indiana Supreme Court · 1987
  3. Commitment of J.B. v. Midtown Mental Health CenterIndiana Court of Appeals · 1991
  4. Serletic v. NoelIndiana Court of Appeals · 1998
  5. Commitment of L.W. v. Midtown Community Health CenterIndiana Court of Appeals · 2005

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. In the Matter of the Civil Commitment of T.K. v. Dep't of Veterans AffairsIndiana Supreme Court · 2015
  2. Commitment of A.L. v. Wishard Health Services, Midtown Community Mental Health CenterIndiana Court of Appeals · 2010
  3. In the Matter of the Civil Commitment of W.S. v. Eskenazi Health, Midtown Community Mental HealthIndiana Court of Appeals · 2014
  4. In Re the Involuntary Commitment of A.M.Indiana Court of Appeals · 2011
  5. In the Matter of the Commitment of T.K. v. Department of Veterans AffairsIndiana Court of Appeals · 2013

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