Hi Jan, thank you so much.
The problem is that as the law works here, he cannot be committed against his will without a hearing. Which, by the way, has occurred. That was 2 weeks ago, and they found him mentally unable to govern his own treatment (I don't know what the official designation is). Thing is that he's appealing the ruling and whether or not he's held in hospital until the appeal completely depends on the facility where the tribunal occurred. Because it occurred in a Toronto hospital, where the beds are far too scarce, he was allowed to leave last Thursday on his own recognisance. Even if he is put in a facility longterm, he will be allowed to leave again as soon as he convinces his doctors that he's better and is willing to take his meds. His father has been through this with him numerous times over the past 30 years. Each time they hold a hearing, the boyfriend appeals. Each time he is committed for treatment, he gets let out for towing the line and goes off his meds again.
It's an awful system that absolutely must be changed. I can see allowing someone to leave once or twice, but if they are repeatedly going off their meds and being put back in the system, you'd think a bell would go off somewhere.
We are protecting the girls at the moment and are hoping we can get through to my sister once she's out of the facility. We don't know what else to do. Legally, we have no recourse.
Warm hugs,
