Ex parte the Department of Mental Health & Mental Retardation of the State

BRADLEY, Judge.

The Alabama Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation (hereinafter Mental Health) filed a petition for a writ of prohibition to be issued to the judge of the Houston County Juvenile Court.

In November 1983 the Houston County Juvenile Court found the minor child in the present case to be mentally ill and a danger to himself and others. The child was committed to the custody of Mental Health and was placed at Bryce Hospital for care and treatment.

After treatment at Bryce Hospital, Mental Health transferred the child to the Eu-faula Adolescent Center in Barbour County.…