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IN INTEREST OF R.A.J.

Civil No. 960288.

554 N.W.2d 809 (1996)

In the Interest of R.A.J. SHANNON J., Petitioner and Appellee, v. R.A.J., Respondent and Appellant.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

October 22, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy C. Wilhelm (argued), Assistant State's Attorney, Minot, for petitioner and appellee.

Thomas E. Merrick (argued), Jamestown, for respondent and appellant.

MESCHKE, Justice.

When a patient, who is dangerously and mentally ill, refuses the most effective long-term medicine, should a forced-medication order conditionally authorize more than one combination of medicines, depending on later refusals? To answer that question, R.A.J. appealed an order for forced medication. We modify and affirm it.

On August 19, 1996, his son petitioned in Ward County for involuntary hospitalization of R.A.J., a 62-year-old, retired...

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