Commonwealth v. Alessi

Opinion by

Judge Doyle,

This is an appeal by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Public Welfare from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County directing that Cynthia Alessi, a twenty-one year old mentally retarded young woman, be committed for one year to the Royer-Greaves School for the Blind (Royer-Greaves), a private residential facility. The order also directed that the Department of Public Welfare (DPW) was to fund Ms. Alessi’s inpatient care based upon a regular schedule established for such care by Royer-Greaves. The common pleas court issued its civil…