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IN MATTER OF MENTAL CONDITION OF K.S.

No. 88-1246.

147 Wis.2d 575 (1988)

433 N.W.2d 291

IN the MATTER OF the MENTAL CONDITION OF K.S.: K.S., Appellant, v. WINNEBAGO COUNTY, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided November 16, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Leonard D. Kachinsky of Kachinsky Law Offices of Neenah.

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

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

SCOTT, C.J.

K.S. appeals an order for civil commitment.1 He argues that the trial court erred in ordering involuntary medication because he was not advised of the advantages and disadvantages of treatment or alternatives to medication. We conclude that the trial court's finding that K.S. had been told of the advantages and disadvantages is not clearly erroneous. We further conclude that information about

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