Forensic psychiatry & mental health law

Psychiatry & Law Radar

Fri 11 SepCASE

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MATTER OF DERIUS L

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Concluding that the court's mistake was not obviously prejudicial, we hold that the court did not plainly err in issuing the 90-day commitment order.

Alaska Sup. Ct. · affirmed

Whether a court plainly errs by ordering 90-day commitment without inquiring whether the respondent was offered voluntary treatment.

2026 WL 2673474