IN RE MENTAL COMMITMENT OF STEVENSON L.J.

No. 2008AP1281.

768 N.W.2d 223 (2009)

2009 WI App 84

In the Matter of the MENTAL COMMITMENT OF STEVENSON L.J.: Dane County, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Stevenson L.J., Respondent-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed May 21, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the petitioner-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Galen G. Strebe, assistant corporation counsel of Dane County Corporation Counsel, Madison.

On behalf of the respondent-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Ruth Westmont, Madison.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, P.J., VERGERONT and BRIDGE, JJ.


¶ 1 BRIDGE, J.

Dane County appeals orders of the Dane County Circuit Court dismissing the County's action for an emergency detention of Stevenson L.J. pursuant to a statement of emergency detention filed by the treatment director of Mendota Mental Health Institute under WIS. STAT. § 51.15(10) (2007-08).1 Stevenson L.J. was detained at Mendota pursuant to a statement of emergency detention that had previously been filed by a law...

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