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Exhibit 5.1
October 9, 2015
Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc.
6100 Tower Circle, Suite 1000
Franklin, Tennessee 37067
| Re: | Registration Statement on Form S-4 |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the subsidiary guarantors set forth onExhibit A hereto (collectively, the “Guarantors” and together with the Company, the “Registrants”) in connection with the preparation and filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4, as may be amended from time to time (the “Registration Statement”), under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), relating to the registration of $275,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 5.625% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “Exchange Notes”) and the accompanying guarantees (the “Guarantees”).
The Exchange Notes and the Guarantees are to be offered in exchange for $275,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 5.625% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “Outstanding Notes”) and the guarantees of the Outstanding Notes by the Guarantors. The Exchange Notes and the Guarantees will be issued by the Company in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, dated as of February 11, 2015 (as amended and supplemented from time to time, the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantors, and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
We have examined originals or copies (certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction) of the Registration Statement, the Indenture, the form of the Exchange Notes filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and such corporate records, agreements, documents and other instruments, and such certificates or comparable documents of public officials and of officers and representatives of the Company and the Guarantors, and have made such inquiries of such officers and representatives, as we have deemed relevant and necessary as a basis for the opinion hereinafter set forth.
In such examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified, conformed or photostatic copies and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents. As to all questions of fact material to this opinion that have not been independently established, we have relied upon certificates or comparable documents of officers and representatives of the Company and the Guarantors.
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We have also assumed for purposes of this opinion that the Trustee is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; that the Trustee is duly qualified to engage in activities contemplated by the Indenture; that the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Trustee and constitutes the legally valid and binding obligation of the Trustee enforceable against the Trustee in accordance with its terms; that the Trustee is in compliance, with respect to acting as a trustee under the Indenture, with all applicable laws and regulations; and that the Trustee has the requisite organizational and legal power and authority to perform its obligations under the Indenture.
We have also assumed that:
(i) the Registration Statement will be effective at the time the Exchange Notes are offered as contemplated by the Registration Statement;
(ii) any applicable prospectus supplement will have been prepared and filed with the SEC describing the Exchange Notes offered thereby to the extent required by law;
(iii) the Outstanding Notes have been exchanged in the manner described in the prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement;
(iv) the Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended; and
(v) the Registrants will have obtained any legally required consents, approvals, authorizations and other orders of the SEC and any other federal regulatory agencies necessary for the Exchange Notes to be exchanged, offered and sold in the manner stated in the Registration Statement and any applicable prospectus supplement.
In this opinion letter: (i) Abilene Behavioral Health, LLC, Abilene Holding Company, LLC, Acadia Management Company, LLC, Acadia Merger Sub, LLC, Acadiana Addiction Center, LLC, Austin Behavioral Hospital, LLC, Bayside Marin, Inc., BCA of Detroit, LLC, Behavioral Centers of America, LLC, Belmont Behavioral Hospital, LLC, Cascade Behavioral Holding Company, LLC, Cascade Behavioral Hospital, LLC, Commodore Acquisition Sub, LLC, Comprehensive Addiction Programs, Inc., CRC ED Treatment, Inc., CRC Health Corporation, CRC Health Group, Inc., CRC Holdings, LLC, CRC Recovery, Inc., CRC Weight Management, Inc., Crossroads Regional Hospital, LLC, Four Circles Recovery Center, LLC, Greenleaf Center, LLC, Habit Holdings, Inc., Habit Opco, Inc., Hermitage Behavioral, LLC, HMIH Cedar Crest, LLC, National Specialty Clinics, LLC, Northeast Behavioral Health, LLC, Park Royal Fee Owner, LLC, PHC Meadowwood, LLC, Piney Ridge Treatment Center, LLC, Psychiatric Resource Partners, LLC, Red River Holding Company, LLC, Red River Hospital, LLC, RiverWoods Behavioral Health, LLC, Seven Hills Hospital, Inc., Sierra Tucson Inc., Skyway House, LLC, Sonora Behavioral Health Hospital, LLC, Structure
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House, LLC, SUWS of the Carolinas, Inc., Talisman Academy, LLC, TK Behavioral Holding Company, LLC, TK Behavioral, LLC, Valley Behavioral Health System, LLC, Vermilion Hospital, LLC, Village Behavioral Health, LLC, Vista Behavioral Holding Company, LLC, Vista Behavioral Hospital, LLC and Youth Care of Utah, Inc. are collectively referred to as the “Delaware Registrants,” (ii) Southwestern Children’s Health Services, Inc. is referred to as the “Arizona Registrant,” (iii) Ascent Acquisition, LLC, Ascent Acquisition - CYPDC, LLC, Ascent Acquisition - PSC, LLC, Habilitation Center, LLC and Millcreek School of Arkansas, LLC are collectively referred to as the “Arkansas Registrants,” (iv) Aspen Education Group, Inc., Aspen Youth, Inc., California Treatment Services, Milwaukee Health Services System, San Diego Health Alliance, San Diego Treatment Services, Sober Living by the Sea, Inc., The Camp Recovery Centers, L.P., Transcultural Health Development, Inc., Treatment Associates, Inc. and WCHS, Inc. are collectively referred to as the “California Registrants,” (v) Ten Broeck Tampa, LLC and The Refuge, A Healing Place, LLC are collectively referred to as the “Florida Registrants,” (vi) Cartersville Center, Inc. and Lakeland Hospital Acquisition, LLC are collectively referred to as the “Georgia Registrants,” (vii) Centerpointe Community Based Services, LLC, East Indiana Treatment Center, LLC, Evansville Treatment Center, LLC, Indianapolis Treatment Center, LLC, Options Treatment Center Acquisition Corporation, Resolute Acquisition Corporation, Richmond Treatment Center, LLC, RTC Resource Acquisition Corporation, Southern Indiana Treatment Center, LLC and Success Acquisition, LLC are collectively referred to as the “Indiana Registrants,” (viii) Wichita Treatment Center Inc. is referred to as the “Kansas Registrant,” (ix) Baton Rouge Treatment Center, Inc. is referred to as the “Louisiana Registrant,” (x) Detroit Behavioral Institute, Inc., PHC of Michigan, Inc., PHC of Nevada, Inc., PHC of Utah, Inc., PHC of Virginia, LLC and Wellplace, Inc. are collectively referred to as the “Massachusetts Registrants,” (xi) Millcreek Schools, LLC and Rehabilitation Centers, LLC are collectively referred to as the “Mississippi Registrants,” (xii) Austin Eating Disorders Partners, LLC, McCallum Group, LLC, McCallum Properties, LLC and Webster Wellness Professionals, LLC are collectively referred to as the “Missouri Registrants,” (xiii) Kids Behavioral Health of Montana, Inc. is referred to as the “Montana Registrant,” (xiv) Jayco Administration, Inc. is referred to as the “Nevada Registrant,” (xv) Youth and Family Centered Services of New Mexico, Inc. is referred to as the “New Mexico Registrant,” (xvi) Generations BH, LLC, Ohio Hospital for Psychiatry, LLC, Shaker Clinic, LLC and Ten Lakes Center, LLC are collectively referred to as the “Ohio Registrants,” (xvii) Rolling Hills Hospital, LLC is referred to as the “Oklahoma Registrant,” (xviii) CRC Health Oregon, Inc. is referred to as the “Oregon Registrant,” (xix) Southwood Psychiatric Hospital, LLC, White Deer Realty, Ltd. and White Deer Run, Inc. are collectively referred to as the “Pennsylvania Registrants,” (xx) Rebound Behavioral Health, LLC is referred to as the “South Carolina Registrant,” (xxi) CRC Health Tennessee, Inc., Delta Medical Services, LLC, DMC - Memphis, LLC and Volunteer Treatment Center, Inc. are collectively referred to as the “Tennessee Registrants,” (xxii) Riverview Behavioral Health, LLC, Sheltered Living Incorporated and Texarkana Behavioral Associates, L.C. are collectively referred to as the “Texas Registrants,” (xxiii) Advanced Treatment Systems, Inc., ATS of Cecil County, Inc., ATS of Delaware, Inc., ATS of North Carolina, Inc., BGI of Brandywine, Inc., Bowling Green Inn of Pensacola, Inc., Bowling Green Inn of South Dakota, Inc., CAPS of Virginia, Inc., Galax Treatment Center, Inc., Virginia Treatment Center, Inc. and Wilmington Treatment Center, Inc.are collectively referred to as the “Virginia
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Registrants,” (xxiv) Beckley Treatment Center, LLC, Charleston Treatment Center, LLC, Clarksburg Treatment Center, LLC, Huntington Treatment Center, LLC, Parkersburg Treatment Center, LLC, Wheeling Treatment Center, LLC and Williamson Treatment Center, LLC are collectively referred to as the “West Virginia Registrants” and (xxv) Coral Health Services, Inc., CRC Wisconsin RD, LLC and Quality Addiction Management, Inc. are collectively referred to as the “Wisconsin Registrants.”
Based on the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications stated herein, we are of the opinion that:
1. When the Exchange Notes have been duly executed on behalf of the Company, authenticated by the Trustee and delivered in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and as contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Exchange Notes will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against it in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally, and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity, including principles of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity).
2. When the Guarantees have been duly executed on behalf of the Guarantors and when the Exchange Notes are duly authenticated by the Trustee and delivered in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and as contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Guarantees will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Guarantors, enforceable against each of them in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally, and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity, including principles of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity).
In rendering the foregoing opinions, we express no opinion as to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the internal law of the State of New York, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the Limited Liability Company Act of the State of Delaware, the Tennessee Business Corporation Act of the State of Tennessee and the Revised Limited Liability Company Act of the State of Tennessee. For purposes of our opinion that the Guarantees will be valid and binding obligations of the Guarantors, we have assumed that the Guarantors (other than the Delaware Guarantors and the Tennessee Guarantors) had the requisite power, corporate or other, to enter into and perform all their obligations under the Indenture and the applicable Guarantees and have also assumed the due authorization by all requisite action, corporate or other, and execution and delivery by such parties of such documents and the validity and binding effect thereof. We have also assumed that the execution and delivery of the Indenture and the Guarantees do not and will not conflict with, or require consents under, the laws of such Gurantors’ respective states of organization. With respect to such matters in respect of the Guarantors (other than the Delaware Guarantors and the Tennessee Guarantors), we understand that there have been filed with the SEC as exhibits to the Registration Statement opinions of: (i) Lewis Roca Rothgerber LLP with
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respect to the Arizona Registrant, the New Mexico Registrant and the Nevada registrant, (ii) Dover Dixon Horne PLLC, with respect to the Arkansas Registrants, (iii) Austin Stewart, Esq., with respect to the California Registrants, (iv) Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A., with respect to the Florida Registrants, (v) Sanders, Ranck & Skilling, P.C., with respect to the Georgia Registrants, (vi) Frost Brown Todd LLC, with respect to the Indiana Registrants, the Virginia Registrants and the West Virginia Registrants, (vii) Polsinelli PC, with respect to the Kansas Registrant, (viii) Locke Lord LLP, with respect to the Massachusetts Registrants, (ix) Jones Walker LLP, with respect to the Mississippi Registrants and the Louisiana Registrant, (x) Husch Blackwell LLP, with respect to the Missouri Registrants, (xi) Karell Dyre Haney PLLP, with respect to the Montana Registrant, (xii) Ice Miller LLP, with respect to the Ohio Registrants, (xiii) McAfee & Taft A Professional Corporation, with respect to the Oklahoma Registrant, (xiv) Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, with respect to the Oregon Registrant, (xv) Meyer, Unkovic & Scott LLP, with respect to the Pennsylvania Registrants, (xvi) Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, with respect to the South Carolina Registrant, (xvii) McGuire Craddock & Strother, P.C., with respect to the Texas Registrants and (xviii) Lindquist & Vennum LLP, with respect to the Wisconsin Registrants. None of the opinions or other advice contained in this letter considers or covers any foreign or state securities (or “blue sky”) laws or regulations.
All opinions expressed are as of the date hereof except where expressly stated otherwise. We assume no obligation to revise or supplement this opinion or advise you of any changes in the foregoing subsequent to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement.
This opinion is furnished to you in connection with the filing of the Registration Statement in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the use of our name under the caption “Legal Matters” in the prospectus, which is a part of the Registration Statement. This consent is not to be construed as an admission that we are a party whose consent is required to be filed with the Registration Statement under the provisions of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
| Very truly yours, |
| /s/ Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP |
Exhibit A
Guarantors
| Abilene Behavioral Health, LLC | East Indiana Treatment Center, LLC | |
| Abilene Holding Company, LLC | Evansville Treatment Center, LLC | |
| Acadia Management Company, LLC | Four Circles Recovery Center, LLC | |
| Acadia Merger Sub, LLC | Galax Treatment Center, Inc. | |
| Acadiana Addiction Center, LLC | Generations BH, LLC | |
| Advanced Treatment Systems, Inc. | Greenleaf Center, LLC | |
| Ascent Acquisition - CYPDC, LLC | Habilitation Center, LLC | |
| Ascent Acquisition - PSC, LLC | Habit Holdings, Inc. | |
| Ascent Acquisition, LLC | Habit Opco, Inc. | |
| Aspen Education Group, Inc. | Hermitage Behavioral, LLC | |
| Aspen Youth, Inc. | HMIH Cedar Crest, LLC | |
| ATS of Cecil County, Inc. | Huntington Treatment Center, LLC | |
| ATS of Delaware, Inc. | Indianapolis Treatment Center, LLC | |
| ATS of North Carolina, Inc. | Jayco Administration, Inc. | |
| Austin Behavioral Hospital, LLC | Kids Behavioral Health of Montana, Inc. | |
| Austin Eating Disorders Partners, LLC | Lakeland Hospital Acquisition, LLC | |
| Baton Rouge Treatment Center, Inc. | McCallum Group, LLC | |
| Bayside Marin, Inc. | McCallum Properties, LLC | |
| BCA of Detroit, LLC | Millcreek School of Arkansas, LLC | |
| Beckley Treatment Center, LLC | Millcreek Schools, LLC | |
| Behavioral Centers of America, LLC | Milwaukee Health Services System | |
| Belmont Behavioral Hospital, LLC | National Specialty Clinics, LLC | |
| BGI of Brandywine, Inc. | Northeast Behavioral Health, LLC | |
| Bowling Green Inn of Pensacola, Inc. | Ohio Hospital for Psychiatry, LLC | |
| Bowling Green Inn of South Dakota, Inc. | Options Treatment Center Acquisition Corporation | |
| California Treatment Services | Park Royal Fee Owner, LLC | |
| CAPS of Virginia, Inc. | Parkersburg Treatment Center, LLC | |
| Cartersville Center, Inc. | PHC Meadowwood, LLC | |
| Cascade Behavioral Holding Company, LLC | PHC of Michigan, Inc. | |
| Cascade Behavioral Hospital, LLC | PHC of Nevada, Inc. | |
| Centerpointe Community Based Services, LLC | PHC of Utah, Inc. | |
| Charleston Treatment Center, LLC | PHC of Virginia, LLC | |
| Clarksburg Treatment Center, LLC | Piney Ridge Treatment Center, LLC | |
| Commodore Acquisition Sub, LLC | Psychiatric Resource Partners, LLC | |
| Comprehensive Addiction Programs, Inc. | Quality Addiction Management, Inc. | |
| Coral Health Services, Inc. | Rebound Behavioral Health, LLC | |
| CRC ED Treatment, Inc. | Red River Holding Company, LLC | |
| CRC Health Corporation | Red River Hospital, LLC | |
| CRC Health Group, Inc. | Rehabilitation Centers, LLC | |
| CRC Health Oregon, Inc. | Resolute Acquisition Corporation | |
| CRC Health Tennessee, Inc. | Richmond Treatment Center, LLC | |
| CRC Holdings, LLC | Riverview Behavioral Health, LLC | |
| CRC Recovery, Inc. | RiverWoods Behavioral Health, LLC | |
| CRC Weight Management, Inc. | Rolling Hills Hospital, LLC | |
| CRC Wisconsin RD, LLC | RTC Resource Acquisition Corporation | |
| Crossroads Regional Hospital, LLC | San Diego Health Alliance | |
| Delta Medical Services, LLC | San Diego Treatment Services | |
| Detroit Behavioral Institute, Inc. | Seven Hills Hospital, Inc. | |
| DMC - Memphis, LLC |
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| Shaker Clinic, LLC | Treatment Associates, Inc. | |
| Sheltered Living Incorporated | Valley Behavioral Health System, LLC | |
| Sierra Tucson Inc. | Vermilion Hospital, LLC | |
| Skyway House, LLC | Village Behavioral Health, LLC | |
| Sober Living by the Sea, Inc. | Virginia Treatment Center, Inc. | |
| Sonora Behavioral Health Hospital, LLC | Vista Behavioral Holding Company, LLC | |
| Southern Indiana Treatment Center, LLC | Vista Behavioral Hospital, LLC | |
| Southwestern Children’s Health Services, Inc. | Volunteer Treatment Center, Inc. | |
| Southwood Psychiatric Hospital, LLC | WCHS, Inc. | |
| Structure House, LLC | Webster Wellness Professionals, LLC | |
| Success Acquisition, LLC | Wellplace, Inc. | |
| SUWS of the Carolinas, Inc. | Wheeling Treatment Center, LLC | |
| Talisman Academy, LLC | White Deer Realty, Ltd. | |
| Ten Broeck Tampa, LLC | White Deer Run, Inc. | |
| Ten Lakes Center, LLC | Wichita Treatment Center Inc. | |
| Texarkana Behavioral Associates, L.C. | Williamson Treatment Center, LLC | |
| The Camp Recovery Centers, L.P. | Wilmington Treatment Center, Inc. | |
| The Refuge, A Healing Place, LLC | Youth and Family Centered Services of New Mexico, Inc. | |
| TK Behavioral Holding Company, LLC | Youth Care of Utah, Inc. | |
| TK Behavioral, LLC | ||
| Transcultural Health Development, Inc. |