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IN RE J.S.

526 Pa. 418 (1991)

586 A.2d 909

In re J.S. Appeal of PHILADELPHIA COUNTY OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL RETARDATION.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided February 6, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric M. Jacobs, John W. Wiggins, Philadelphia, for appellant.

John W. Packel, Chief, Appeals Div., Jules Epstein, Asst. Defender, Bradley Bridge, Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, ZAPPALA, PAPADAKOS and CAPPY, JJ.

OPINION

McDERMOTT, Justice.

In this appeal, we must address, for the first time, the interplay between the provisions of the Mental Health Procedures Act1 which provide procedures for voluntary inpatient treatment for mental illness, and those procedures which apply to involuntary inpatient treatment. In enacting the Mental Health Procedures Act, the General Assembly expressly recognized...

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