Involuntary Commitment

By: Derek Hawkins//September 30, 2021//

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WI Court of Appeals – District II

Case Name: Waukesha County v. M.J.S.,

Case No.: 2021AP105-FT

Officials: REILLY, P.J.

Focus: Involuntary Commitment

M.J.S. appeals from an order of the circuit court extending his involuntary commitment and from an order denying his post-disposition motion. M.J.S. sought a jury trial on the extension of his commitment, but the circuit court found that M.J.S.’s jury demand was untimely pursuant to WIS. STAT. § 51.20(11)(a). M.J.S. argues that as his final hearing was adjourned by the court, his jury demand was not untimely, and, further, our supreme court’s COVID-19 pandemic orders altered the deadlines in his case. We agree with the circuit court’s conclusion that M.J.S.’s jury demand was untimely and that the supreme court orders are inapplicable. Accordingly, we affirm.

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Derek A Hawkins is Corporate Counsel, at Salesforce.

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