In the Matter of the Mental Commitment of HELEN E.F.
Fond du Lac County, Petitioner-Respondent-Petitioner,
v.
Helen E.F., Respondent-Appellant.
Supreme Court of Wisconsin.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued December 2, 2011.
Decided May 18, 2012.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
For the petitioner-respondent-petitioner there were briefs filed and oral argument by William J. Bendt , corporation counsel.
For the respondent-appellant, there was a brief and oral argument by Donald T. Lang , assistant state public defender.
An amicus curiae brief was filed by Dawn N. Klockow , Chilton and Ryan O'Rourke , Manitowoc, for the Wisconsin Association of County Corporation Counsels; Maren Beermann , Madison, for the Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups and Tom Hlavacek , Milwaukee, for the Alzheimer's Association of Southeastern Wisconsin; Kristin M. Kerschensteiner , Madison, for Disability Rights Wisconsin; Carol J. Wessels and Nelson, Irvings & Waeffler, S.C., Wauwatosa, and Peter E. Grosskopf and Grosskopf & Black LLC, Eau Claire, for the Elder Law Section of the State Bar of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys; and Andrew T. Phillips , Daniel J. Borowski , Patrick C. Henneger and Phillips Borowski, S.C., Mequon, for the Wisconsin Counties Association.
Supreme Court of Wisconsin.
MICHAEL J. GABLEMAN, J.
¶ 1 We review a published decision of the court of appeals1 reversing an order of the circuit court for Fond du Lac County, Richard J. Nuss, Judge.
¶ 2 We are asked to decide whether Helen E.F. ("Helen") may be involuntarily committed under Wis. Stat. ch. 51 (2009-10).2 After reviewing chs. 51 and 55, we hold that Helen is more appropriately treated under the provisions...
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