IN RE P.S.

No. 96-208.

702 A.2d 98 (1997)

In re P.S.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

August 8, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Benvenuto, Vermont Legal Aid, Inc., Waterbury, for appellant P.S.

Jeffrey L. Amestoy, Attorney General, Montpelier, Ira N. Morris and Jessica G. Porter, Assistant Attorneys General, and Marybeth McCaffrey, Special Assistant Attorney General, Waterbury, for appellee Department of Developmental and Mental Health Services.

Before GIBSON, DOOLEY; MORSE and JOHNSON, JJ., and ALLEN, C.J. (Ret.), Specially Assigned.


DOOLEY, Justice.

P.S. appeals the Washington Family Court's decision to revoke her order of nonhospitalization, and enter a new order of hospitalization, based upon findings that she was not complying with the order and was a patient in need of further treatment. The issues raised on appeal are (1) whether the family court's findings are supported by clear and convincing evidence, and (2) whether the applicable statutes, or (3) the Vermont or federal constitution...

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