Legal Opinion
Department of Mental Hygiene v. McGilvery
California Supreme Court
Decided September 12, 1958No. L. A. 24830PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShenk, J.
A rehearing was ordered to consider the contention of the defendant, first elaborated upon in the petition for rehearing, that the provisions of the Welfare and Institutions Code, sections 6650 et seq., held by the court in the former opinion to impose an absolute liability on a mother to pay for the care, support and maintenance of her mentally ill daughter in a state institution, is a deprivation of property without equal protection of law and without just compensation in violation of the state and federal Constitutions.
In 1935 Joan McGilvery, daughter of the decedent was adjudged mentally…
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