IN INTEREST OF R.A.

Civil No. 960182.

551 N.W.2d 800 (1996)

In the Interest of R.A. Sylvia M. RUTTEN, M.D., Petitioner and Appellee, v. R.A., Respondent and Appellant.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

July 24, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Merle Ann Torkelson, State's Attorney, Washburn, for petitioner and appellee.

Loren C. McCray, Larson Law Firm, Jamestown, for respondent and appellant.


VANDE WALLE, Chief Justice.

R.A. appealed from an order of the district court of Stutsman County requiring that he be hospitalized and treated for mental illness for a period not to exceed 90 days. Because the order is supported by clear and convincing evidence, and because R.A. may not impeach the validity of the order by a collateral attack on the previous order under which he was committed, we affirm.

On March 4, 1994, R.A. made an initial appearance on...

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