IN RE RB

No. S-12-0141.

294 P.3d 24 (2013)

2013 WY 15

In the Interest of RB. State of Wyoming, by and through the office of the Park County Attorney, Appellant (Objector), v. Wyoming State Hospital, Appellee (Petitioner), and RB, Appellee (Respondent).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

February 6, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Representing Appellant: William K. Struemke , Deputy Park County Attorney, Park County Attorney's Office, Cody, Wyoming.

Representing Appellee Wyoming State Hospital: Gregory A. Phillips , Wyoming Attorney General; Robin Sessions Cooley , Deputy Attorney General.

Representing Appellee RB: No appearance.

Before KITE, C.J., and HILL, VOIGT, BURKE, and DAVIS, JJ.


DAVIS, Justice.

[¶ 1] The Fifth Judicial District Court involuntarily hospitalized RB, a middle-aged man, at the Wyoming State Hospital after a period of emergency detention at West Park Hospital in Cody, Wyoming. He was detoxified of opiates and other controlled substances and eventually stabilized on psychotropic medications. The State Hospital gave notice that it intended to discharge RB, and the Park County Attorney...

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