In re F.W.S.

WIGGINS, Justice.

On appeal F.W.S. asks us to determine whether clear and convincing evidence supports the lower court’s conclusion that F.W.S. is seriously mentally impaired within the meaning of Iowa Code section 229.1(15) (2003), and whether F.W.S. was denied his right to due process and statutory protections at the commitment hearings. Based on the lack of a record from the lower courts, we are unable to decide F.W.S.’s appeal.

F.W.S. is a forty-four-year-old male who has a history of paranoid schizophrenia. He resided in his own apartment, which is part of a complex federally subsidized…