MATTER OF COMMITMENT OF S.A.M.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the respondent-appellant-petitioner, there were briefs filed by Elizabeth G. Rich and Rich Law SC, Plymouth. There was an oral argument by Elizabeth G. Rich .

For the petitioner-respondent there was a brief filed by Douglas B. Raines and von Briesen & Roper, S.C., Milwaukee. There was an oral argument by Douglas B. Raines .

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Colleen D. Ball , assistant state public defender, with whom on the brief was Kelli S. Thompson , state public defender, for the Office of the State Public Defender. There was an oral argument by Colleen D. Ball .

KAROFSKY, J., delivered the majority opinion of the Court, in which ANN WALSH BRADLEY, HAGEDORN, and DALLET, JJ., joined. ZIEGLER, C.J., filed a concurring/dissenting opinion, in which ROGGENSACK and REBECCA GRASSL BRADLEY, JJ., joined.