State v. Hernandez

¶1Filed 12/20/02 by Clerk of Supreme Court

¶2IN THE SUPREME COURT

¶3STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

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¶72002 ND 199

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¶12In the Interest of G.H.

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¶14Betty Hellerud, MS, MC, Petitioner and Appellee

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¶16v.

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¶18G.H., Respondent and Appellant

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¶22No. 20020337

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¶26Appeal from the District Court of Grand Forks County, Northeast Central Judicial District, the Honorable Joel D. Medd, Judge.

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¶28AFFIRMED.

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¶30Per Curiam.

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¶32Sonja Clapp, Assistant State’s Attorney, P.O. Box 5607, Grand Forks, ND 58206-5607, for petitioner and appellee.  Submitted on brief.

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¶34DeWayne A. Johnston, 405 Bruce Avenue, Suite 100A, Grand Forks, ND 58201, for respondent and appellant.  Submitted on brief.

¶35Interest of G.H.

¶36No. 20020337

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¶38Per Curiam.

¶39[¶1] G.H. appealed from a district court order for hospitalization and treatment which confined him to the North Dakota State Hospital for 90 days.  The district court did not err in finding G.H. is a mentally ill and chemically dependent person in need of treatment and in finding alternative treatment to involuntary commitment at the state hospital is not appropriate.  Interest of D.Z., 2002 ND 132, ¶¶ 10-12, 649 N.W.2d 231.  We summarily affirm under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(2).

¶40[¶2] Gerald W. VandeWalle, C.J.

¶41Carol Ronning Kapsner

¶42Dale V. Sandstrom

¶43William A. Neumann

¶44Mary Muehlen Maring