Matter of W.T.C

YATES, Judge.

The State Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation appeals from the juvenile court’s determination that the Department should take custody of W.T.C., a minor. At issue is whether the trial court, after holding a probable cause hearing pursuant to § 12—15—90(f), Ala.Code 1975, erred in committing the minor to the custody of the Department.

On September 12, 1995, the mother of W.T.C. petitioned the court to commit W.T.C. pursuant to § 12-15-90, alleging that the child was mentally ill and that he had tried several times to kill himself — the most recent suicide attempt…