Department of Children & Families v. Oehlerking

The Department of Children and Families has filed a petition for writ of certiora-ri seeking review of a circuit court order adjudging the respondent, Wayne Wesley Oehlerking, incompetent to stand trial and committing him to the Department. The petition challenges the order on three bases that: (1) it fails to contain adequate findings that the respondent meets the criteria for involuntary commitment, (2) it does not specifically find that all less restrictive alternatives were appropriate; and (3) it fails to find that there is a substantial probability that the respondent would respond to…