In Re the Necessity for the Hospitalization of Joan K.

OPINION

WINFREE, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

An adult woman diagnosed with a mental illness appeals her already completed 30-day *595involuntary commitment to Alaska Psychiatric Institute (APT), arguing the evidence did not support the superior court's findings that: (1) she was likely to cause harm to herself or others due to her mental illness; and (2) API was the least restrictive alternative placement for her. Because our existing case law provides that an evidentiary-based "weight of the evidence" challenge to a completed involuntary commitment is moot absent accompanying legal issues appropriate…