In Re Brown

OPINION

ANDERSON, RUSSELL A., Justice.

Hennepin County appeals from a decision of the court of appeals reversing a district court order extending the commitment of Lashawnda Brown as mentally ill. The district court initially entered a stayed order for commitment but later revoked the stay and ordered Brown to a treatment facility. The court of appeals determined that the initial commitment, which is limited by statute to six months, commenced upon the entry of the stayed order for commitment and terminated prior to the treatment facility’s recommendation that Brown’s commitment be extended for…