Mental Condition of Bedford v. Salt Lake County

ELLETT, Justice:

The respondent is not a party to the above-entitled matter. He is an attorney appointed by the court to represent an allegedly insane person during an involuntary proceeding to determine sanity.

Section 64 — 7-36 subd. G, U.C.A.1953, Replacement Vol. 7A, reads as follows:

The proposed patient, the applicant, and all other persons to whom notice is required to be given shall be afforded an opportunity to appear at the hearing, to testify, and to present and cross-examine witnesses, and the court may in its discretion receive the testimony of any other person. The proposed patient…