O'Neill v. O'Neill

The appellant (petitioner) was adjudicated a mentally ill person 1 and involuntarily committed to the State Mental Health Division for treatment. The Court of Appeals affirmed 2 and we granted the petition to review.

We review de novo. 3 Appellant was 28 years of age and prior to commitment lived in an apartment with a woman companion. At about 2 p.m. on October 27, 1974, an officer of the Portland Police Bureau was summoned to the home of Mrs. O’Neill, appellant’s mother, because appellant "was acting up” and his mother was "afraid of him.” Based on his observations, the officer transported…