Interest of B.A.C.

Tufte, Justice.

[¶1] B.A.C. appeals a district court order for involuntary hospitalization and involuntary treatment with medication. We affirm the district court order, concluding that B.A.C.’s release did not moot this appeal and that the district court did not clearly err when it found. by clear and convincing evidence that B.A.C. was a mentally ill person requiring inpatient treatment.

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[¶2] B.A.C. was admitted to the North Dakota State Hospital on June 6, 2017. Prior to being admitted, B.A.C. drove his car into a pond near Devils Lake. He then walked barefoot away from the pond and invaded…