By: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF//September 10, 2014//
By: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF//September 10, 2014//
Wisconsin Court of Appeals
Civil
Civil Commitment – competency — probable cause hearings
Steven R. C. appeals the circuit court’s final order of commitment, arguing that the court lost competency to proceed in this matter when a probable cause hearing on the related petition for examination was not held within seventy-two hours of his initial detention. We agree and reverse. This opinion will not be published.
2014AP1032-FT In the matter of the mental commitment of Steven R.C.
Dist II, Waukesha County, Domina, J., Gundrum, J.
Attorneys: For Appellant: Bates, Gregory, Kenosha; For Respondent: Mueller, Robert J., Waukesha