Whew...I think you're right in that nobody can answer that. The laws about child custody vary from state to state. Why do you think you have to be admitted to a hospital to get more consistent care? Is there some level of outpatient care that will suffice? I was hospitalized in late Dec/early Jan of this year and it did not lead to any more care for myself. Oh, and the caveat for me to be admitted was that 2 MD's had to decide I was a danger to myself (in retrospect, I wasn't)...If I had the chance to do it over again, I would have sought outpatient care first...but that's me.