In re Q.J. ( 2022 )

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA
2022-NCSC-130
No. 309A21
Filed 16 December 2022
IN THE MATTER OF Q.J.
Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of
the Court of Appeals, 278 N.C. App. 452, 2021-NCCOA-346, affirming an involuntary
commitment order entered on 17 January 2020 by Judge Pat Evans in District Court,
Durham County. Heard in the Supreme Court on 20 September 2022.
Glenn Gerding, Appellate Defender, by Katy Dickinson-Schultz, Assistant
Appellate Defender, for respondent-appellant.
Joshua H. Stein, Attorney General, by South A. Moore, General Counsel Fellow
and James W. Doggett, Deputy Solicitor General, for the State-appellee.
Disability Rights North Carolina by Lisa Grafstein, Holly Stiles, and Elizabeth
Myerholtz, for Disability Rights North Carolina, National Association of Social
Workers,1 Promise Resource Network, and Peer Voice NC, amici curiae.
PER CURIAM.
¶1 For the reasons stated in In re J.R., 2022-NCSC-127, the decision of the Court
of Appeals is affirmed.
AFFIRMED.
Justices HUDSON, MORGAN, and EARLS dissent for the reasons stated in
Justice Earls’ dissenting opinion in In re J.R., 2022-NCSC-127.
1 This listing includes the North Carolina Chapter of this organization.