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MATTER OF DECLAN P.

Supreme Court No. S-18219.

538 P.3d 318 (2023)

In the MATTER OF the Necessity of the Hospitalization of DECLAN P.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

November 9, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sharon Barr , Assistant Public Defender, and Samantha Cherot , Public Defender, Anchorage, for Declan P.

Kimberly D. Rodgers , Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and Treg R. Taylor , Attorney General, Juneau, for State of Alaska.

Before: Maassen, Chief Justice, and Carney, Borghesan, Henderson, and Pate, Justices.

OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

A man with a bipolar diagnosis stopped taking his medication, experienced a manic episode, and as a result was hospitalized. Hospital staff petitioned to have him involuntarily committed for 30 days. After a hearing the superior court granted the petition. The man appeals, arguing that the...

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