In re the Detention of M.K.

¶1 — MK1 appeals a trial court order involuntarily committing him to Western State Hospital (WSH) for up to 180 days of mental health treatment, asserting that substantial evidence does not support the determination that he is gravely disabled and the resulting commitment order. The State responds that MK’s appeal is moot because the period of commitment under the challenged order has expired. Alternatively, the State responds that substantial evidence supported the trial court’s involuntary commitment order. Because an involuntary commitment order has collateral consequences for future…