Alabama Department of Mental Health v. E.C.J.

I agree that the juvenile court did not have jurisdiction to enter a new judgment in this matter on March 25, 2011, because, by that date, E.C.J. had reached the age of majority; however, I do not believe that the juvenile court’s judgment of July 10, 2009, ordering the involuntary commitment of E.C.J. “expired” when E.C.J. reached the age of majority.

It is undisputed that the juvenile court had jurisdiction to enter the judgment of July 10, 2009, in which E.C.J. was committed to the legal and physical custody of the Alabama Department of Mental Health (“the department”). E.C.J. was a minor…