In re B.B.
Annotate this CaseAfter Appellant's emergency hospitalization, a district court concluded that B.B. was seriously mentally impaired. Appellant was subsequently involuntarily committed. During the pendency of the appeal, Appellant was released to outpatient treatment at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). Because the court file indicated Appellant was no longer a patient at UNMC, the State filed a motion to discharge and terminate the proceedings. The district court granted the motion, terminated the proceedings, and discharged Appellant from court-ordered treatment and placement. At issue on appeal was whether Appellant's appeal was moot when Appellant had been released and the proceedings terminated. The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court, holding (1) this appeal was not moot, as a person adjudicated seriously mentally impaired and involuntarily committed suffers adverse collateral consequences; and (2) substantial evidence supported the conclusion that Appellant was seriously mentally impaired.
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