In re M.T.

TERNUS, Justice.

The appellant, M.T., was involuntarily committed after a court hearing at which he was not present. On appeal, he claims that his statutory and constitutional right to be present at the hearing was violated. At oral argument, M.T.’s attorney stated that respondent does not request a remand for another hearing because M.T. has since been released from inpatient treatment and has returned to his home.

Despite the fact that this court’s decision will have no effect in the underlying matter, we conclude that this case falls within an exception to the mootness doctrine. On the…