In Re Detention of VB

19 P.3d 1062 (2001)

104 Wash.App. 953

In re the DETENTION OF V.B., Appellant.

No. 25603-7-II.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

February 15, 2001.

Pattie Mhoon, Tacoma, for Appellant (Court Appointed).

Carolyn L.p. Howser Williamson, Pierce County Deputy Pros. Atty., Tacoma, for Respondent.

SEINFELD, J.

The parties ask us to decide whether either procedural due process or the civil commitment statutes require the State to prove at the 14-day commitment hearing that the officer who initially detained V.B. had reasonable cause to believe that she was mentally ill and presented either an…