IN RE R.F.

No. 20050053.

692 N.W.2d 905 (2005)

2005 ND 54

In the Interest of R.F. North Dakota State Hospital, Petitioner and Appellee, v. R.F., Respondent and Appellant.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

March 4, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay A. Schmitz, Assistant State's Attorney, Jamestown, ND, for petitioner and appellee. Submitted on brief.

Thomas E. Merrick, Merrick & Schaar Law Firm, Jamestown, ND, for respondent and appellant. Submitted on brief.


VANDE WALLE, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] R.F. filed an expedited mental health appeal challenging a district court order for hospitalization and treatment. R.F. argues the district court erred in determining that in-patient hospitalization at the North Dakota State Hospital is the least-restrictive condition necessary to achieve the purposes of his treatment. We affirm the district court's order.

[¶ 2] R.F. is...

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