Legal Opinion
In Re Doe
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided August 31, 1978No. 78-110-M.PPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWeisberger, J.
This is a petition for certiorari to review a decree of a justice of the Family Court, finding Dr. Joseph Bevilacqua, the Director of the Rhode Island Department of Mental Health, Retardation and Hospitals (director), in contempt of that court for failure to place John Doe, 1 a juvenile, in a particular psychiatric facility, namely, the Elmcrest psychiatric Institute located in Portland, Connecticut, at an approximate cost of $65,000 per year. Representatives of the Department of Mental Health, Retardation and Hospitals (MHRH) had previously determined that John Doe was eligible for…
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