Thanks, Mari, but the truth is, he is still in this hospital voluntarily. As far as getting to this next hospital, before I consented to changing his status to 'involuntary' just to get a faster in to this other place, I made sure that, by doing so, it wouldn't make it a legal situation to judge his competance. Maybe I'm being naive here, but I would guess they would re-evaluate him if and when he ever gets to the county facility. He doesn't ACT like a person that needs to be involuntarily committed. His thinking is clear, as is his judgement. He's nothing like he was when he first arrived!?