Legal Opinion
In Interest of MSH
North Dakota Supreme Court
Decided February 22, 1991No. Civ. 910034PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VANDE WALLE, Justice.
M.S.H. appealed from an order finding M.S.H. to be a person who is mentally ill and who requires treatment and ordering M.S.H. to be hospitalized at the North Dakota State Hospital for ninety days. We affirm.
On appeal, M.S.H. contends that there was no clear and convincing evidence showing M.S.H. to be a person requiring treatment as defined by section 25-03.1-02(10), NDCC. See In Interest of R.N., 453 N.W.2d 819 (N.D.1990). A finding that the person is mentally ill is not alone sufficient to justify court-ordered treatment; our law authorizes an involuntary commitment…
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- In Re the Alleged Mental Illness of DeMatthewCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1984
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