Commonwealth Ex Rel. Platt v. Platt

WATKINS, Judge:

This case comes to us on appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County, Civil Division, and involves appellant’s claim that the court below improperly committed her to a hospital for involuntary emergency psychiatric treatment.

*281On June 3, 1978, the appellant was committed to the Psychiatric Ward of St. Joseph’s Hospital in Lancaster for emergency involuntary treatment, pursuant to a petition filed by appellant’s husband. On June 7, 1978, a hearing was held before a mental health review officer pursuant to 50 P.S. 7303, a section of the “Mental Health Procedures Act…