People v. Splett

Following a hearing in the circuit court of Kane County, the respondent, Richard Splett, was declared to be a person subject to involuntary admission to a mental health facility, pursuant to the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 91½, pars. 1 — 100 through 6 — 107) (the Code). A divided panel of the appellate court reversed the involuntary admission order on the ground that the record failed to show that the respondent had received formal notice of the proceedings. (194 Ill. App. 3d 391.) We allowed the State’s petition for leave to appeal (107 Ill.…