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MATTER OF CRAINSHAW

No. 8119DC416.

283 S.E.2d 553 (1981)

In the Matter of Patricia A. CRAINSHAW.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

November 3, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen., Rufus L. Edmisten by Associate Atty. Gen., Max A. Garner, Raleigh, for the State.

Sp. Counsel for the Mentally Ill, Howard C. McGlohon, Morganton, for respondent.

ROBERT M. MARTIN, Judge.

N.C.Gen.Stat. § 122-58.7(i) requires as a condition to a valid commitment order that the district court find two distinct facts by clear, cogent, and convincing evidence: first that the respondent is mentally ill or inebriate and second, that the respondent is dangerous to herself or others.

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