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MATTER OF COMMITMENT OF N.N.

146 N.J. 112 (1996)

679 A.2d 1174

IN THE MATTER OF THE COMMITMENT OF N.N., APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided August 5, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore S. Novak, Managing Attorney, argued the cause for appellant (Susan L. Reisner, Public Defender, attorney; Mr. Novak and Stanley M. Shur, Staff Attorney, on the brief).

Daisy B. Barreto, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent, Attorney General of New Jersey (Deborah T. Poritz, Attorney General, attorney; Joseph L. Yannotti, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel).

The opinion of the Court was delivered by HANDLER, J.

In this case, a fifteen-year-old girl was involuntarily committed to a psychiatric hospital because of conduct problems including an assaultive episode with another youth. She initially entered a psychiatric hospital for a seven-day examination. The examining psychiatrist attributed her condition to a mood imbalance amounting to a type of mental illness, and recommended...

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