Commitment of T K
── Commitment of T K ──
Case No.: 18A-MH-00757
Court: Indiana Court of Appeals
Date: January 25, 2019
Author: Judge Robert Altice
Category: Civil
Decision: Reversed
Judge Brown concurs. Judge Tavitas dissents
Case Summary
T.K. appeals the trial court’s order for involuntary regular commitment, which
was based on the trial court’s determination that T.K. was mentally ill and
gravely disabled. T.K. presents a number of issues of which we address only
two: 1) whether the commitment order is defective because it contained only
the signature of a commissioner and 2) whether sufficient evidence supported
his involuntary civil commitment.
We reverse.
Facts & Procedural History
At the age of fifty-one, T.K.
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