Involuntary Commitment and Medication

By: Derek Hawkins//June 17, 2021//

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WI Court of Appeals – District II

Case Name: Sheboygan County v. M.W.,

Case No.: 2021AP6

Officials: GUNDRUM, J.

Focus: Involuntary Commitment and Medication

M.W. appeals from an order of the circuit court extending her involuntary mental health commitment and also challenges an order for involuntary medication and treatment. She argues that the circuit court failed to specifically identify the WIS. STAT. § 51.20(1)(a)2. subdivision paragraph or paragraphs on which it based its recommitment and medication orders, the County failed to present sufficient evidence that M.W. was “dangerous” pursuant to WIS. STAT. ch. 51, and the County failed to provide M.W. with sufficient notice of the standard of dangerousness under which it was pursuing her recommitment. We reverse on the first ground, but only after addressing the “notice” issue.

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

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