Involuntary Commitment

By: Derek Hawkins//January 14, 2021//

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WI Court of Appeals – District II

Case Name: Waukesha County v. E.J.W.

Case No.: 2020AP370

Officials: NEUBAUER, C.J.

Focus: Involuntary Commitment

E.J.W.’s involuntary commitment was extended pursuant to an eight-month stipulation he and Waukesha County entered into after the circuit court denied his demand for a jury trial as untimely. Because we are bound by Marathon County v. R.J.O., 2020 WI App 20, ¶41, 392 Wis. 2d 157, 943 N.W.2d 898, which holds that failure to file a jury trial demand is waived if not made at least forty-eight hours in advance of the time set for final hearing, we affirm.

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Derek A Hawkins is Associate Corporate Counsel, IP at Amazon.

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