IN RE HEATHER R.

No. S-15793.

366 P.3d 530 (2016)

In the Matter of the Necessity for the Hospitalization of HEATHER R.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

January 29, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gottstein , Law Project for Psychiatric Rights, Inc., Anchorage, for Appellant.

Robert H. Schmidt , Law Offices of Robert Schmidt, PC, Anchorage, for Appellee.

Laura Fox , Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and Craig W. Richards , Attorney General, Juneau, for Amicus Curiae State of Alaska.

Before: STOWERS, Chief Justice, FABE, MAASSEN, and BOLGER, Justices.


OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

Several members of a condominium home owners association petitioned the superior court to order a woman who owned a condominium in the association to undergo an involuntary 72-hour psychiatric examination. After conducting a statutorily required ex parte screening investigation...

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