MATTER OF KOLODRUBETZ

No. C4-83-680.

343 N.W.2d 650 (1984)

In the Matter of Joanne KOLODRUBETZ. COUNTY OF HENNEPIN, Appellant, v. Joanne KOLODRUBETZ, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

February 3, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas L. Johnson, Hennepin County Atty., Peter John Fransway, Asst. County Atty. by Larae L. Bradley, Staff Atty., Minneapolis, for appellant.

Thomas B. Wilson, III, and Gayle Gaumer, Edina, for respondent.

Susan L. Lentz, Legal Aid Soc., Minneapolis, amicus curiae Minn. Mental Health Ass'n.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.


YETKA, Justice.

This case is before the court on the certification of an issue as important and doubtful by the Mental Health Division of the Hennepin County District Court. Hennepin County brought a petition seeking the involuntary commitment of respondent Joanne Kolodrubetz on the ground that she is mentally ill as defined by Minn.Stat. § 253B.02, subd. 13. Ms. Kolodrubetz moved for dismissal of the petition for lack of jurisdiction on the basis that her mental...

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