IN RE COMMITMENT OF BEAULIEU

No. A07-496.

737 N.W.2d 231 (2007)

In the Matter of the Civil COMMITMENT OF John Louis BEAULIEU, III.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

August 14, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lori Swanson, Attorney General, Angela Helseth Kiese, Sean McCarthy, Assistant Attorneys General, St. Paul, MN; and Timothy Faver, Beltrami County Attorney, Bemidji, MN, for appellant, State of Minnesota.

Margaret Joanne Dow, Bemidji, MN, for respondent, John Beaulieu.

Considered and decided by DIETZEN, Presiding Judge; TOUSSAINT, Chief Judge; and HALBROOKS, Judge.


OPINION

HALBROOKS, Judge.

The State of Minnesota argues that the district court erred when it determined that it lacks both personal and subject-matter jurisdiction to civilly commit respondent, an enrolled member of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, as a sexually dangerous person under Minn.Stat. § 253B.02, subd. 18(c) (2004). Because (1) there is an adequate connection between respondent and the state, (2) respondent received notice of the action...

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