MATTER OF PICATACI

No. C2-85-293.

367 N.W.2d 609 (1985)

In the Matter of the Alleged Mental Illness of Joseph Brock PICATACI.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

May 14, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ross A. Phelps, Phelps, Thompson & Koby, Ltd., La Crescent, for appellant.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Julius Gernes, Winona Co. Atty., Ann E. Merchlewitz, Asst. Co. Atty., Winona, for State.

Heard, considered and decided by POPOVICH, C.J., and LANSING and HUSPENI, JJ.


OPINION

LANSING, Judge.

Joseph Picataci appeals from a January 9, 1985, judgment of commitment. We affirm the finding of mental illness but remand on the question of placement.

FACTS

Picataci, age 31, was admitted as a mentally ill patient at St. Peter State Hospital from February 1984 until June 1984, when he was provisionally discharged. Petitioner Christine Moen Picataci, from whom Picataci was divorced in November 1984, testified that...

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