Matter of Calhoun

This is a petition for writ of mandamus to be issued from this court directing the Honorable William D. McFatter, District Court Judge of the Juvenile Court of Houston County, to set aside his orders requiring the Alabama Department of Mental Health to continue legal custody and to provide certain social services and child welfare services to William Calhoun after his discharge from the Eufaula Adolescent Adjustment Center, a facility operated by the Alabama Department of Mental Health.

In January 1975, in response to a petition by the Alabama Department of Pensions and Security (DPS), the…