Parker v. State

CRAWLEY, Judge.

J.C. Parker appeals from a judgment of the probate court ordering that he be involuntarily committed to the Alabama Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation.

Sections 22-52-1.1 through -15, Ala.Code 1975, govern the procedure for involuntary commitments of mentally ill persons. Section 22-52-10.4 provides the following:

“A respondent may be committed to inpatient treatment if the probate court finds, based upon clear and convincing evidence that: (i) the respondent is mentally ill; (ii) as a result of the mental illness the respondent poses a real and present threat of…