In re the Mental Health of G.S.

G.S. appeals an order of the Cascade County District Court finding him seriously mentally ill. G..S. was committed to three months hospitalization in the Warm Springs State Hospital.

The Cascade County Attorney filed a petition for involuntary commitment on July 30, 1984. The petition was filed at the request of D.S., the father of appellant. The initial hearing on probable cause to commit was held July 31, 1984.

At this hearing testimony was received that G.S. had suffered a relapse of previous mental illness in the several weeks preceding the filing of the petition. The appellant had been…