The body of 56-year-old Margarette Smetheram was found at a home north of Brisbane. -AAP Image
A Queensland man accused of murdering his mother will make his first court appearance via a bedside hearing in Brisbane's Princess Alexandra Hospital.
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Leonard James Llewellyn Smetheram, 36, was charged on Friday with the murder of his mother, 56-year-old Margarette Smetheram.
Her body was found at a home at Kallangur, north of Brisbane, on Thursday.
Smetheram, also from Kallangur, was due to appear before Pine Rivers Magistrates Court on Friday but the police prosecutor told the court he could not be released from hospital for 48 hours.
Acting Magistrate Ross Woodford ordered a bedside hearing on Friday rather than adjourn until Monday and arranged to travel to the hospital so he could preside over the matter.
Smetheram's solicitor Brendan Whelan said outside court he would seek a six-week adjournment to request a brief of evidence.
"I haven't spoken to (Smetheram) at all. There's just the bedside hearing. We'll get an adjournment and proceed from there," he said.
Mr Whelan said he would find out why his client was in hospital when he got a chance to speak with him.
All defendants charged with murder must appear before the Supreme Court in order to seek bail.
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