Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-02-16 16:06:49.002514+00
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FILED
                                                                  IN THE OFFICE OF THE
                                                               CLERK OF SUPREME COURT
                                                                    FEBRUARY 16, 2023
                                                                STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

                   IN THE SUPREME COURT
                   STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

                             2023 ND 21

In the Interest of R.S.
William Pryatel, M.D.,                          Petitioner and Appellee
        v.
R.S.,                                         Respondent and Appellant

                            No. 20230010

Appeal from the District Court of Stutsman County, Southeast Judicial
District, the Honorable Cherie L. Clark, Judge.

AFFIRMED.

Per Curiam.

Leo A. Ryan, Special Assistant Attorney General, Jamestown, ND, for
petitioner and appellee; submitted on brief.

Andrew Marquart, Fargo, ND, for respondent and appellant; submitted on
brief.
                                Interest of R.S.
                                 No. 20230010

Per Curiam.

[¶1] R.S. appeals from the district court’s continuing treatment order. He
argues the finding he is mentally ill and a person requiring continuing
treatment is not supported by clear and convincing evidence. We review the
district court’s findings under a more probing clearly erroneous standard.
Interest of Doe, 2019 ND 23, ¶ 4, 921 N.W.2d 403. We conclude sufficient
evidence existed for the district court to find R.S. is mentally ill and is a person
requiring continuing treatment. We affirm under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(2).

[¶2] Jon J. Jensen, C.J.
     Daniel J. Crothers
     Lisa Fair McEvers
     Jerod E. Tufte
     Douglas A. Bahr

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