In Interest of RAJ

554 N.W.2d 809 (1996)

In the Interest of R.A.J.

SHANNON J., Petitioner and Appellee,

v.

R.A.J., Respondent and Appellant.

Civil No. 960288.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

October 22, 1996.

Timothy C. Wilhelm (argued), Assistant State's Attorney, Minot, for petitioner and appellee.

Thomas E. Merrick (argued), Jamestown, for respondent and appellant.

MESCHKE, Justice.

When a patient, who is dangerously and mentally ill, refuses the most effective long-term medicine, should a forced-medication order conditionally authorize more than one combination of medicines, depending on later refusals? To answer that…