IN RE N.A.

No. DA 13-0313.

334 P.3d 915 (2014)

2014 MT 257

In the Matter of N.A., Respondent and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided September 23, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For Appellant: Wade Zolynski , Chief Appellate Defender, David Dennis , Assistant Appellate Defender, Helena, Montana.

For Appellee: Timothy C. Fox , Montana Attorney General, Brenda K. Elias , Assistant Attorney General, Helena, Montana, Marty Lambert , Gallatin County Attorney, Bozeman, Montana.


Justice PATRICIA Cotter delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 N.A. appeals from an order of the Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Gallatin County, granting the State's petition for the involuntary commitment of N.A. We reverse.

¶ 2 A restatement of the dispositive issue on appeal is whether the District Court violated N.A.'s statutory and due process rights when it issued a commitment order without obtaining from N.A. an intentional and knowing...

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