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IN RE W.H.

No. 83-417.

481 A.2d 22 (1984)

In re W.H.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

July 13, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Helen V. Torino, Franklin County State's Atty., St. Albans, for plaintiff-appellee.

John H. Hasen, Vermont Legal Aid, Inc., Burlington, for defendant-appellant.

Marshall & Marshall, Swanton, for amicus curiae Franklin/Grand Isle Mental Health, Inc.

Before BILLINGS, C.J., and HILL, UNDERWOOD, PECK and GIBSON, JJ.

GIBSON, Justice.

This is an interlocutory appeal from an order of the District Court of Vermont, Unit No. 3, Franklin Circuit. The question arose in the context of a civil involuntary commitment proceeding. The issue framed for our review is as follows:

May the District Court, after hearing, pursuant to 18 V.S.A. § 7614, D.C.C.R. 35 and 37, order that a proposed patient be physically taken into custody for purposes of obtaining a psychiatric evaluation...

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