LEO: Involuntary Commitment of Client, LE Op. 201

 

    Involuntary Commitment of Client — Appeal.

 

    November 12, 1969

 

    It is not improper for an attorney having received at the conclusion of a competency hearing a “Notice of Intent to Retain [the client] on an Involuntary Basis” to decline to appeal such decision if such be his good faith professional judgment. [See II: DR:7-101(B)(1).]

 

    Committee Opinion November 12, 1969