By: Derek Hawkins//August 22, 2017//
WI Court of Appeals – District IV
Case Name: Dodge County v. L.A.S.
Case No.: 2017AP302
Officials: KLOPPENBURG, J.
Focus: Sufficiency of Evidence
L.A.S. appeals the circuit court’s order that extended his involuntary commitment. L.A.S. argues that the County failed to meet its burden of proof at trial because: (1) hearings to extend involuntary commitment under WIS. STAT. § 51.20(13)(g)3. are subject to the procedural requirements detailed in WIS. STAT. § 51.20(9), and (2) the County’s sole reliance on the testimony of a nurse-practitioner to prove that L.A.S. was mentally ill, a proper subject for treatment, and dangerous, did not satisfy the requirements of WIS. STAT. § 51.20(9). For the reasons below, I reject L.A.S.’s argument and affirm.