IN INTEREST OF R.M.

Civil No. 960314.

555 N.W.2d 798 (1996)

In the Interest of R.M. Robert N. WATERS, Medical Director, North Dakota State Hospital, Petitioner and Appellee, v. R.M., Respondent and Appellant.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

November 14, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Wentz, of Kropp Law Offices, P.C., Jamestown, for respondent and appellant.

Charles J. Gilje, Special Assistant Attorney General, Jamestown, for petitioner and appellee.


NEUMANN, Justice.

R.M. appeals the district court's order committing him to continued treatment at the North Dakota State Hospital for a one-year period. We affirm the district court's order for continued treatment, but remand the case directing the district court to conduct further proceedings to consider the availability and appropriateness of alternative treatment as required under N.D.C.C. § 25-03.1-40(2).

On June 21, 1996, R.M. was admitted to the...

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