William Pryatel, M.D., Petitioner and Appellee v. R.S., Respondent and Appellant (2023)

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

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

No. 20230010

Decided: February 16, 2023

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.

[¶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).

Per Curiam.

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

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