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IN RE D.M.S.

No. DA 08-0021.

203 P.3d 776 (2009)

2009 MT 41

349 Mont. 257

In the Matter of D.M.S., Respondent and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided February 18, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For Appellant: Jim Wheelis, Chief Appellate Defender; Koan Mercer, Assistant Appellate Defender; Helena, Montana.

For Appellee: Hon. Steve Bullock, Montana Attorney General; John A. Paulson, Assistant Attorney General; Helena, Montana, George H. Corn, Ravalli County Attorney; William E. Fulbright, Deputy County Attorney; Hamilton, Montana.

Justice W. WILLIAM LEAPHART delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 D.M.S. appeals from the order of the District Court of the Twenty-First Judicial District, Ravalli County, committing D.M.S. to the Montana State Hospital (MSH). We reverse.

¶ 2 Appellant raised five issues on appeal. Because we reverse and remand on the issue of causation, which is dispositive, we will not address the remaining issues. Thus, we restate the sole issue on appeal as...

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