In re S.A.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
STEVENS, J.:
¶ 1 Appellant, S.A., appeals from the order entered by the Court of Common Pleas of Wayne County, which committed him to immediate inpatient involuntary treatment to a facility designated by the Department of Public Welfare. Herein, Appellant challenges on various grounds the Involuntary Treatment of Certain Sex*840ually Violent Persons Act, 42 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 6401-6409 (“Act 21”).1 We affirm.
¶ 2 By way of background, on December 15, 1999, Appellant, who was fourteen (14) years of age at the time, was adjudicated delinquent on two (2) counts of indecent assault by the Court of…
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