Hay v. Whitehouse

Mr. JUSTICE GEORGE J. MORAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Respondent appeals from a judgment of the circuit court of Randolph County finding him to be a person in need of mental treatment and ordering his commitment to the Chester Mental Health Center pursuant to the Illinois Mental Health Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 911/2, par. 1 — 1 et seq.). The only question in this cause is whether the judgment of the trial court was supported by clear and convincing evidence.

Respondent was admitted to the Chester Mental Health Center on February 12, 1976. On February 13 he was examined by…