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In the Matter of the Civil Commitment of T.D. v. Eskenazi Health Midtown Community Mental Health Center

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided July 20, 2015No. 49A05-1411-MH-529PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PYLE, Judge;

Statement of the Case

[1] Appellant-Respondent, T.D., appeals the trial court’s order granting Ap-pellee-Petitioner, Eskenazi Health Midtown Community Mental Health Center’s (“the Hospital”), application for the emergency detention and involuntary civil commitment of T.D. based on her mental illness. She argues that the trial court erred in ordering her regular commitment because there was insufficient evidence that she was “gravely disabled,” as the Hospital was required by statute to prove. •The only evidence in the record supporting her commitment was one isolated incident of…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Addington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. R.Y. v. Indiana Department of Child ServicesIndiana Supreme Court · 2009
  3. Lazarus Department Store v. SutherlinIndiana Court of Appeals · 1989
  4. Commitment of J.B. v. Midtown Mental Health CenterIndiana Court of Appeals · 1991
  5. In the Matter of the Civil Commitment of W.S. v. Eskenazi Health, Midtown Community Mental HealthIndiana Court of Appeals · 2014

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3Cited by21 opinions

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