IN RE CHIUMENTO


455 Pa.Super. 376 (1997)

688 A.2d 217

In re Anthony CHIUMENTO, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 21, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary F. Selway, Greenburg, for appellant.

Templeton Smith Jr., Pittsburgh, for Westmoreland Regional Hosp.

Before KELLY, JOHNSON and OLSZEWSKI, JJ.


KELLY, Judge:

In this appeal, we are called upon to determine whether the specific due process protections provided to a person under the Mental Health Procedures Act1 have been abrogated where that person had been admitted to a hospital for involuntary emergency psychiatric examination and treatment pursuant to 50 P.S. § 7302 and where certification for extended involuntary emergency...

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