Commonwealth Ex Rel. Bielat v. Bielat

SPAETH, Judge:

This case involves the involuntary commitment of appellant to Warren State Hospital under the Mental Health Procedures Act, Act of July 9, 1976, P. L. 817, No. 143, § 101 et seq., 50 P.S. § 7101 et seq. What occurred before the lower court is not clear from the record, and we have no opinion from the lower court. However, the chronology is as follows:

On October 23, 1976, appellant voluntarily admitted himself to Hamot Community Mental Health Center. On November 10 appellant executed a 72-hour notice of intention to leave Hamot, but someone named Edwin Bielat, whose identity is…