for the Best Interest and Protection of E.V.A.

Opinion issued December 22, 2005

In The

Court of Appeals

For The

First District of Texas

NOS. 01–05–00871–CV

01–05–00872–CV

E.V.A., Appellant

V

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the Probate Court

Galveston County, Texas

Trial Court Cause Nos. 2655 and 2655A

MEMORANDUM OPINION

In these two accelerated appeals, appellant, E.V.A., raises three issues challenging the trial court’s separate orders (1) that E.V.A. be involuntarily committed for temporary inpatient mental health services and (2) that she be administered psychoactive medications. E.V.A. contends that the evidence presented by the State…