Legal Opinion
Matter of MM
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided November 1, 1989No. 21357-CAPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
552 So.2d 528 (1989)
In the Matter of M.M.
No. 21357-CA.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.
November 1, 1989.
Mental Health Advocacy Service by E. Paul Young, Shreveport, for appellant.
Edward Dixon, Shreveport, for appellee.
Before MARVIN, FRED W. JONES, Jr., and NORRIS, JJ.
MARVIN, Judge.
In this appeal of a judgment committing M.M., a 60-year-old female, to a state mental institution under LRS 28:55E, 28:2(10), we find that the evidence does not meet the statutory requirement of clear and convincing proof that M.M. is "gravely disabled," which by statutory definition contains two…
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