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MATTER OF K.M.L.

No. 4708.

626 P.2d 574 (1981)

In the Matter of the Necessity of the Hospitalization of K.M.L.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

April 17, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sue Ellen Tatter, Asst. Public Defender, Brian Shortell, Public Defender, Anchorage, for appellant.

Larri Irene Spengler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Anchorage, Avrum M. Gross, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for the State of Alaska.

Jeffrey M. Feldman, Gilmore & Feldman, Anchorage, amicus curiae.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., CONNOR, BURKE and MATTHEWS, JJ., and DIMOND, Senior Justice.

OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

This appeal challenges the superior court's authority to order the involuntary commitment of a moderately retarded individual.

In 1978, the parents of K.M.L. requested the State of Alaska to initiate commitment proceedings against their eighteen year old son, K.M.L. Their request was prompted, at least in part, by what they viewed as difficult behavior on the part of K.M.L.,1

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