In re N.A.

¶1 N.A. appeals from an order of the Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Gallatin County, granting the State’s petition for the involuntary commitment of N.A. We reverse.

¶2 A restatement of the dispositive issue on appeal is whether the District Court violated N. A.’s statutory and due process rights when it issued a commitment order without obtaining from N. A. an intentional *380and knowing waiver of his procedural rights as required by § 53-21-119(1), MCA.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶3 N.A. is a 31-year-old male with a history of schizoaffective disorder. In early February 2013, N.A. was…