Matter of Schaefer

OPINION

PETERSON, Judge.

Donna Schaefer appeals from an order committing her as mentally ill. She challenges the trial court’s conclusion that her failure to obtain necessary food, shelter, or medical care demonstrates that her mental illness poses a substantial likelihood of physical harm to her. We affirm.

FACTS

Schaefer was committed as mentally ill following a commitment hearing on December 1, 1992.

Francis Rowan, a prepetition screener for Hennepin County, testified at the hearing that she and a psychiatrist interviewed Schaefer at the end of October 1992. Rowan stated that Schaefer was…