Legal Opinion

In Re the Commitment of G.M.

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided December 13, 2010No. 33A01-1006-MH-325PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

SULLIVAN, Senior Judge.

G.M. appeals from his involuntary regular commitment to the Logansport State Hospital. He asserts that the commitment order was not supported by sufficient evidence. His claim is that the court erroneously concluded that he was gravely disabled because that conclusion was premised upon a mere concern on the part of the petitioning psychiatrist at the Hospital that G.M. might relapse into his debilitating mental state and addiction to drugs and alcohol if he were to be released and went off his medication. G.M., without supporting authority, merely opines that…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Mitchell v. MitchellIndiana Supreme Court · 1998
  2. J.S. v. Center for Behavioral HealthIndiana Court of Appeals · 2006
  3. Commitment of GPH v. GilesIndiana Court of Appeals · 1991
  4. In Re the Commitment of TedescoIndiana Court of Appeals · 1981
  5. Commitment of K.F. v. St. Vincent Hospital & Health Care CenterIndiana Court of Appeals · 2009

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. In the Matter of the Civil Commitment of W.S. v. Eskenazi Health, Midtown Community Mental HealthIndiana Court of Appeals · 2014
  2. In Re The Civil Commitment of: J.B. v. Community North Hospital Gallahue Mental HealthIndiana Court of Appeals · 2012

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