Legal Opinion

In re W.M.

Montana Supreme Court

Decided March 10, 1992No. 91-212PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Turnage

W.M. appeals the order of the District Court of the First Judicial District, Lewis and Clark County, which involuntarily committed him to the Montana Developmental Center. We affirm.

The issue is whether the District Court erred in finding that W.M. was seriously developmentally disabled and in ordering him committed to the Montana Developmental Center for one year.

W.M. was adopted as an infant and lived with his adoptive family until he was sixteen years old, when he moved to a foster home. After he ran away from the foster home repeatedly, he returned to live at his adoptive home for a short…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Addington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Youngberg v. Romeo Ex Rel. RomeoSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. Gieseking v. SchaferDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1987

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. In Re the Mental Health of K.G.F.Montana Supreme Court · 2001
  2. In re T.W.Montana Supreme Court · 2005
  3. In Re TWMontana Supreme Court · 2005
  4. In Re the Mental Health of K.G.F.Montana Supreme Court · 2001

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