Legal Opinion · Dissent

In re L.S.

Montana Supreme Court

Decided March 17, 2009No. DA 07-0756Published

1DissentJustice Nelson

*527¶34 I respectfully dissent from the Court’s decision.

¶35 The State presented no evidence that L.S. posed an “imminent risk of serious harm to self or others” as is the State’s burden -under § 53-20-102(15), MCA (2005). At the time of the hearing and for four months prior thereto, L.S. did not exhibit any behaviors that posed an imminent risk of serious harm. The RFST’s determination that L.S. was seriously developmentally disabled and its recommendation for commitment was limited to the facts as they existed at the time of L.S.’s emergency admission in December 2006-not as they existed at the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. In Re Mental Health of C.R.C.Montana Supreme Court · 2004
  2. In Re the Mental Health of E. M.Montana Supreme Court · 1994
  3. In re G.M.Montana Supreme Court · 2009
  4. Peña Blanca Partnership v. San Jose De Hernandez Community DitchNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2008

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