Feiler v. State

CAMPBELL, Judge.

Appellant/patient, Lenora Feiler, appeals the order involuntarily committing her to a mental institution. The involuntary placement hearing involved in this appeal occurred immediately prior to the hearing resulting in the involuntary commitment appealed and referred to in Chalk v. State, 443 So.2d 421 (Fla. 2d DCA 1984), and to some extent, could be considered a companion to that appeal.

It was in this proceeding below, to which reference is made in Chalk, that appellant’s counsel stipulated to the qualifications of a mental health professional who testified as to appellant’s…