Legal Opinion
In Re Mh2011-000914
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided March 27, 2012No. 1 CA-MH 11-0054PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PORTLEY, Judge.
¶ 1 We are asked to determine whether an affidavit from an evaluating physician satisfied the statutory requirements to allow the trial court to conclude that Appellant was persistently or acutely disabled. Because we find that the affidavit was not legally sufficient, we vacate the involuntary treatment order.
FACTS
¶ 2 Appellant was admitted to Desert Vista Hospital after her husband filed an emergency application for a court-ordered evaluation. The subsequent petition for involuntary treatment and the supporting affidavits of Drs. Andrew Parker and Marcelle Leet alleged…
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- In Re the Commitment of an Alleged Mentally Disordered PersonArizona Supreme Court · 1995
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