In Re Petition for Involuntary Commitment of Barbour

733 A.2d 1286 (1999)

In re PETITION FOR INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT OF Joseph R. BARBOUR, as a severely mentally disabled person.

Appeal of Joseph S. Barbour, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Submitted March 23, 1999.

Filed June 30, 1999.

Ronald Keeler, Bedford, for appellant.

Dwight Diehl, Bedford, for Mental Health Hearing Officer, participating party.

Before DEL SOLE, JOYCE and BECK, JJ.

DEL SOLE, J.:

¶ 1 This appeal is from a Court of Common Pleas order denying a petition to review the certification of a mental health review officer. We reverse.

¶ 2 Appellant, age twenty-six, after allegedly…