Legal Opinion

State ex rel. H.S.

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided January 22, 2016No. 06-15-00104-CVPublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Opinion by Justice Burgess

H.S. appeals from the trial court’s order requiring her to undergo temporary mental health treatment at the Hunt Regional Hospital. On appeal, H.S. argues that the evidence was legally insufficient to support the order for mental health services.1 Because we find the evidence legally sufficient to support the temporary commitment order, we affirm the trial court’s ruling.2

I. Evidence Relating to H.S.’s Temporal Commitment

H.S., a seventy-seven-year-old woman, believed that she was a federal agent with the “FBI, CIA_enlisted in Washington DC.” At her commitment…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. City of Keller v. WilsonTexas Supreme Court · 2005
  2. O'Connor v. DonaldsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. State v. K.E.W.Texas Supreme Court · 2010
  4. Mezick v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1996
  5. State ex rel. E.E.Court of Appeals of Texas · 2007

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. S. D. W. v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2026
  2. The State of Texas for the Best Interest and Protection of S.S. v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2025

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