Matter of Wiessing

This is an appeal by respondent, John J. Wiessing, from the judgment of the circuit court of Sangamon County directing respondent to be hospitalized with the Illinois Department of Mental Health after finding him to be a person subject to involuntary admission. On appeal, respondent raises three issues: (1) whether the petition for involuntary admission was fatally defective because it failed to contain a detailed statement of the reason for asserting respondent to be a person subject to involuntary admission, failed to state the date of the alleged occurrence on which it was based, and did…