Matter of Bontrager

Respondent, Denise Bontrager, appeals from orders of the circuit court of Peoria County, which found her subject to involuntary admission into Zeller Mental Health Center (Zeller) for 60 days and subject to involuntary administration of psychotropic drugs for a period not to exceed 90 days. For the following reasons, we reverse.

FACTS

The limited record in this case reveals that respondent obtained a college degree and, at one point, was employed and living with her husband in Ohio. Since approximately 1991, respondent has been employed, on and off, has moved often, and her marital status is…