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IN MATTER OF R.J.

No. 88-0682.

146 Wis.2d 516 (1988)

431 N.W.2d 708

IN the MATTER OF R.J., Alleged to be Mentally Ill: R.J., Appellant, v. WINNEBAGO COUNTY, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided September 14, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the appellant, the cause was submitted on the brief of Leonard D. Kachinsky of Kachinsky and Peppard of Neenah.

On behalf of the respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Robert A. Anderson, assistant district attorney Winnebago county.

Before Scott, C.J., Brown, P.J., and Nettesheim, J.

BROWN, P.J.

In a mental commitment hearing alleging that an individual's act or threat raised a reasonable fear of harm to other persons, the issue is whether that other person or persons must be aware of the act or threat. We conclude that that statute does not so require and affirm.1

The facts are that R.J.'s treatment director filed a petition requesting involuntary commitment because she was alleged to suffer schizophrenia...

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