Jerry Nix v. Franklin County Department of Human Resources

Summary

The court reversed a summary judgment finding Jerry Nix to be an adult in need of protective services and authorizing the sale of his home. It held that Nix's testimony created genuine issues of material fact regarding his ability to care for himself and whether institutional placement was the least drastic alternative. The court also held that the appeal properly belonged in the Supreme Court because the judgment arose under the Adult Protective Services Act and was not within the Court of Civil Appeals' specifically assigned jurisdiction.