Interest of R.S. , 2023 ND 21 ( 2023 )

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 21In 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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