Involuntary Commitment and Medication

By: Derek Hawkins//March 10, 2022//

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WI Court of Appeals – District II

Case Name: Ozaukee County v. J.D.A.,

Case No.: 2021AP1148

Officials: NEUBAUER, J.

Focus: Involuntary Commitment and Medication

Jane appeals from an order of the circuit court extending her WIS. STAT. ch. 51 involuntary commitment and from an order for involuntary medication and treatment. As set forth by our supreme court in Langlade County v. D.J.W., 2020 WI 41, ¶3, 391 Wis. 2d 231, 942 N.W.2d 277, the circuit court must “make specific factual findings with reference to the subdivision paragraph of WIS. STAT. § 51.20(1)(a)2. on which the recommitment is based.” Because the circuit court did not make specific factual findings as required to support its dangerousness determination, we reverse.

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Derek A Hawkins is Corporate Counsel, at Salesforce.

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