In re N.E.

Citations

• 2022 Ohio 1184

Syllabus

R.C. CHAPTER 5122 – EMERGENCY HOSPITALIZATION – AFFIDAVIT OF MENTAL ILLNESS – PROBABLE CAUSE REQUIREMENT: The mental-illness affidavit filed by a psychiatrist against respondent after an emergency hospitalization was sufficient to establish probable cause that respondent was a mentally ill person subject to hospitalization by court order under R.C. 5122.01(B)(4) where the affidavit detailed respondent's destroying property, causing problems in the community, and voicing his delusions to police officers.