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IN THE INTEREST OF J.P.

No. 97-1095.

574 N.W.2d 340 (1998)

In the Interest of J.P., Alleged to be Seriously Mentally Impaired, J.P., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

February 18, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Lynn Neuhaus, Dubuque, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Mary W. Vavroch, Assistant Attorney General, and Lyle Galliart, County Attorney, for appellee State of Iowa.

Kenneth J. Kress, Iowa City, for amici curiae Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Iowa, Inc. and Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and CARTER, LAVORATO, ANDREASEN, and TERNUS, JJ.

ANDREASEN, Justice.

Jane1 appeals from the district court's order affirming the judicial hospitalization referee's finding that she is seriously mentally impaired and ordering her to undergo outpatient treatment. We find the order is not supported by clear and convincing evidence and reverse.

I. Background Facts and Proceedings.

Jane is a forty-year-old married woman with two children, ages eight and twelve. She...

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