In Re the Mental Health of E.P.B.

¶1 E.P.B. appeals from the order entered by the Second Judicial District Court, Silver Bow County, committing her to the Montana State Hospital. We reverse and remand with instructions.

¶2 E.P.B. raises several issues, some of which are not properly before us because they are raised for the first time on appeal. The restated and dispositive issue on appeal is whether the District Court made statutorily sufficient findings to support E.P.B.’s commitment.

BACKGROUND

¶3 On May 30,2006, a deputy county attorney in Silver Bow County petitioned the District Court for an order to detain E.P.B. for…