IN INTEREST OF C.W.

Civil No. 960152.

552 N.W.2d 382 (1996)

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

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

July 24, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Loren C. McCray (argued), Larson Law Firm, Jamestown, for appellant.

Kenneth L. Dalsted (argued), Special Assistant Attorney General, Jamestown, for appellee.


MARING, Justice.

This is an expedited appeal from an order continuing C.W.'s treatment at the North Dakota State Hospital (Hospital) for one year and an order authorizing the Hospital to medicate C.W. for ninety days involuntarily. C.W. challenges the orders, claiming clear and convincing evidence does not support them. We affirm.

C.W. voluntarily admitted herself to the Hospital on March 18, 1996. She requested release the following day. In response, the...

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