Legal Opinion

In Interest of JS

North Dakota Supreme Court

Decided February 28, 1995No. Civ. 950019PublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SANDSTROM, Justice.

J.S. appeals from an order of the district court authorizing involuntary treatment of J.S. with prescribed medication. We affirm, but remand for the district court to modify its order to specify the medication.

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J.S. is a patient at the North Dakota State Hospital. J.S. was originally committed to the hospital following a criminal terrorizing charge in 1989. Since the expiration of that commitment in 1992, J.S. has been the subject of involuntary treatment orders for periods not exceeding one year. The most recent involuntary treatment order was to expire February 23, 1995.

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2Cases cited2 opinions

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