In re R.Z.

HUNTER, JR., Robert N., Judge.

Respondent R.Z.1 , an incompetent adult, appeals an order concurring in her voluntary admission to a twenty-four hour psychiatric facility and ordering she remain admitted for further inpatient treatment for 90 days. Respondent contends the trial court lacked subject matter jurisdiction to enter its order, because it never received her written and signed application for voluntary admission to the facility as statutorily required to initiate the post-admission review hearing from which its order arose. After review, we vacate the trial court's order.

I. Factual and…