In Re Mental Health of C.R.C.

¶1 C.R.C. appeals from the order entered by the Nineteenth Judicial District Court, Lincoln County, committing her to the Montana State Hospital. We reverse and remand.

¶2 The restated issue on appeal is whether the District Court erred in finding that, because of her mental disorder, C.R.C. presented an imminent threat of injury to herself or others.

BACKGROUND

¶3 On July 29, 2003, at approximately 11 o’clock in the morning, Lincoln County Sheriff Daryl Anderson and Libby Police Sergeant Brent Teske responded to an anonymous telephone call from a neighbor of C.R.C.’s, reporting that C.R.C. and…