In Re Necessity for the Hospitalization of Heather R.

OPINION

BOLGER, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION,

Several members of a condominium home owners association petitioned the superior court to order a woman who owned a condominium in the association to undergo an involuntary 72-hour psychiatric examination. After conducting a statutorily required ex parte screening investigation, which did not include an interview with the woman in question, the superior court master determined that there was probable cause to believe that she was mentally ill and presented a likelihood of serious harm to others. The woman now appeals the evaluation order, claiming that…