County of Dunn v. Goldie H.

¶ 1. Goldie H. was protectively placed at the Dunn County Health Care Center in 1998. The circuit court conducted a summary hearing and made the requisite findings that she was incompetent and required residential care and custody as the result of the infirmities of aging. In making this initial placement, the authorities in Dunn County afforded Goldie H. all the procedural rights to which she was entitled by law.

¶ 2. A year later, the Dunn County Department of Human Services petitioned the court for Goldie H.'s continued placement. The court appointed a guardian ad litem, and, in time, after…