Legal Opinion
In re M.K.S.
Montana Supreme Court
Decided May 26, 2015No. DA 14-0125PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKINNON
¶1 M.KS. appeals from an Involuntary Mental Health Commitment Order entered by the Fourth Judicial District, Missoula County, committing her to the Montana State Hospital (MSH) for a period of not more than three months. We affirm.
¶2 We restate the issue on appeal as follows:
Whether the failure of the professional person to file a statutorily-required written report in M.K.S.’s civil commitment proceeding was plain error.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
¶3 M.KS. has a long history of treatment for schizophrenia and other mental health illnesses. In addition to being regularly subject to…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Engle v. IsaacSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- State v. GundersonMontana Supreme Court · 2010
- In Re the Mental Health of L.K.-S.Montana Supreme Court · 2011
- State v. LongfellowMontana Supreme Court · 2008
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