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In Interest of RN

North Dakota Supreme Court

Decided January 18, 1990No. Civ. 890403PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LEVINE, Justice.

R.N. appeals from an order of the Bur-leigh County Court committing her to the North Dakota State Hospital for ninety days to receive treatment for mental illness. We reverse.

Pursuant to NDCC § 25-03.1-25(1), R.N. was committed to the North Dakota State Hospital on an emergency basis upon the application of Dr. William Eelkema, a physician at Medcenter One in Bismarck. The application, dated November 7, 1989, stated that R.N. was believed to be mentally ill based upon the fact that she “has been roaming the halls of the hospital, grabbing people by the arm & threatening them,…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. In Interest of KupperionNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1983
  2. Kottke v. U.A.M.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1989
  3. In the Interest of RambousekNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1983
  4. O'Callaghan v. L.B.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1989
  5. In Interest of DaughertyNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1983

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. In Interest of RNNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1994
  2. In Interest of KJLNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1996
  3. In the Interest of J.A.D.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1992
  4. In the Interest of M.B.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1991
  5. In Interest of RNNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1997

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