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MATTER OF NISKANEN

No. CX-86-150.

385 N.W.2d 323 (1986)

In the Matter of Joyce NISKANEN.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

April 1, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry E. Reed, Hassan & Reed, Ltd., Minneapolis, for appellant.

Thomas L. Johnson, Hennepin Co. Atty., Rick Osborne, Asst. Co. Atty., Minneapolis, for petitioner.

Considered and decided by POPOVICH, C.J., and LANSING and HUSPENI, JJ., with oral argument waived.

OPINION

LANSING, Judge.

Joyce Niskanen appeals the trial court's refusal to dismiss a commitment petition on several grounds and the trial court's finding that she is a mentally ill person within the meaning of Minn.Stat. § 253B.02, subd. 13 (1984). We affirm.

FACTS

Joyce Niskanen is a 64-year-old woman with a long history of mental illness. Niskanen was committed to the University of Minnesota Hospitals as a mentally ill person in...

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