In the Matter of the Necessity for the Hospitalization of: Jonas H.

Summary

The Alaska Supreme Court affirmed the superior court’s finding that Jonas H. was gravely disabled and therefore upheld his involuntary commitment, but vacated the order authorizing involuntary psychotropic medication because the trial court failed to make the required specific findings on the Myers factors. The Court applied the clear‑and‑convincing‑evidence standard to the factual determination of gravely disabled status and required a de novo review of the legal adequacy of the medication order analysis.