Court Opinion

ID: 6281940
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-02-18 16:31:27.342125+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:00:13.515184
License: Public Domain

Dissenting Opinion by
Reno, J.:
The evidence has firmly persuaded me that appellee has completely recovered. Her employment record is *98tremendously significant. Starting in 1949 at $2450 per annum in a civil service position, she has been promoted four times and now receives $3030. Add to this, only those portions of the testimony of the experts quoted by the majority (disregarding the huge mass of other indubitably favorable evidence in the record), and you have incontrovertible proof that this mother now has absolute control of her mental faculties. Of course, the experts would not venture a prediction, not any more than this dissenter’s physician will guarantee continued physical or mental health beyond several hours after an examination. If this Court waits until a reputable physician categorically certifies that appellee will never experience a recurrence of her ailment, it will wait forever and a day. Meanwhile, her children will be in the custody of a father whose fitness is questionable.
I would affirm the order of the court below upon the impressive opinion of Judge Sohn.
Judge Ross joins in this dissent.