In the Interest of D.H.

VANDE WALLE, Chief Justice.

D.H. appealed from an order finding D.H. to be a person who is mentally ill under section 25-03.1-02(10), NDCC, and a person who requires treatment under section 25-03.1 — 02(ll)(c) & (d), NDCC. The court ordered D.H. to be hospitalized at the North Dakota State Hospital for a period not to exceed ninety days. We reverse.

On August 31, 1993, a preliminary hearing concerning the petition for D.H.’s involuntary treatment was held in accordance with section 25-03.1-17, NDCC. At the preliminary hearing, Burleigh County Court ordered D.H. to temporary treatment at the…