In re: E.W.P.

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF NORTH CAROLINA 2021-NCCOA-136 No. COA20-181 Filed 20 April 2021 Avery County, No. 13 SPC 68 In re: E.W.P. Appeal by respondent from order entered 26 June 2019 by Judge Alan Z. Thornburg in Avery County Superior Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 23 February 2021. Robert T. Broughton, Special Deputy Attorney General, for Petitioner-Appellee John F. Carella, Carella Legal Services, for Respondent-Appellant CARPENTER, Judge. I. Factual and Procedural Background ¶1 On 8 March 2004, Respondent was involuntarily committed to Broughton Hospital after being found…