In re the Commitment of Askew

BEER, Judge.

On July 8, 1977, appellant, Michael Askew, a Florida resident, traveled to Louisiana with his father (appellee) in order to be admitted as an in-patient at River Oaks Hospital in Jefferson Parish. He was 17 years of age at the time of his uncontested admission to River Oaks but would reach the age of majority on July 26, 1977: Though willing to voluntarily enter the hospital on July 8th, he expressed his intention to exercise his majority rights and take his leave from River Oaks on his 18th birthday. Prior to that date, his physicians at River Oaks completed their examinations…