In Re Hancock

OLSZEWSKI, Judge:

This is an appeal taken from the civil commitment to involuntary psychiatric treatment entered on March 6, 1998, and the order denying post-trial motions entered on March 10, 1998. We reverse, remand, and relinquish jurisdiction for further proceedings in light of this decision.

On March 3, 1998, Steven Hancock was admitted to The Meadows Psychiatric Center in Centre Hall, Pennsylvania, for involuntary emergency examination and treatment pursuant to Mental Health Procedures Act (“MHPA”) § 302, 50 P.S. § 7302. Two days later, appellant’s parents, Emilie and Ronald Hancock,…