Matter of Zemple

OPINION

HUSPENI, Judge.

Appellant challenges his commitment as mentally ill on the grounds that the trial court erred in taking judicial notice of a prior proceeding and that the court’s finding of dangerousness is not supported by sufficient evidence. We affirm.

PACTS

In March of 1992, appellant Loren Lyle Zemple’s father filed a domestic abuse action under Minn.Stat. ch. 518B (1990) in district court. At the hearing on the petition, appellant’s father testified that appellant slapped him in the face. Appellant was not represented by counsel at this action and did not cross-examine his father.…