In Re Nicholas L.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Dalianis, J.

The respondent, Nicholas L., appeals a decision of the Strafford County Probate Court (Cassavechia, J.) denying his motion to dismiss the State’s petition for non-emergency involuntary admission because the State failed to disclose psychiatrist David Schopick, M.D., as an expert witness pursuant to RSA 516:29-b (2007). We affirm.

The respondent suffers from a severe psychiatric illness. In 2006, he was charged with second degree assault, simple assault and false imprisonment involving his then-girlfriend. The superior court found that he was incompetent to stand…