MATTER OF COMMITMENT OF M.R.M.

No. 2022AP140.

992 N.W.2d 809 (2023)

408 Wis.2d 316

2023 WI 59

In the MATTER OF the Mental COMMITMENT OF M.R.M.: Walworth County, Petitioner-Respondent, v. M.R.M., Respondent-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed: June 29, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the respondent-appellant, there were briefs filed by Megan Sanders-Drazen and the Wisconsin Defense Initiative, Madison. There was an oral argument by Megan Sanders-Drazen.

For the petitioner-respondent, there was a brief filed by Cortney J. Iverson , assistant corporation counsel. There was an oral argument by Cortney J. Iverson, assistant corporation counsel.

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


¶1 M.R.M. was involuntarily committed1 and forcibly medicated for six months following a mental health crisis. When Walworth County sought to extend M.R.M.'s commitment, he filed a jury demand at least 48 hours prior to his rescheduled final hearing...

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