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IN RE COMMITMENT OF KELLY M.

No. 2010AP1486.

798 N.W.2d 697 (2011)

2011 WI App 69

In the matter of the mental COMMITMENT OF KELLY M. Dane County, Petitioner-Respondent, v. Kelly M., Respondent-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed April 28, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the respondent-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Ruth Westmont of Westmont Law Offices, S.C., Madison.

On behalf of the petition-respondent, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Galen G. Strebe , Assistant Corporation Counsel.

Before VERGERONT, P.J., HIGGINBOTHAM and SHERMAN, JJ.

VERGERONT, P.J.

¶ 1 Kelly M. appeals the order of commitment entered against her under WIS. STAT. § 51.20(1)(a)2.e., which addresses involuntary commitment based on an individual's inability by reason of mental illness to understand the advantages and disadvantages of medication or treatment for the mental illness. This standard for commitment is known as the "fifth standard." The circuit court ordered that Kelly be committed for six months and that psychotropic...

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