Brown v. State

Summary

The Supreme Court of Delaware affirmed the continuation of Laura Brown’s involuntary outpatient treatment. It concluded that the record sufficiently supported each statutory requirement, including Brown’s documented mental conditions, danger without treatment, refusal or inability to comply voluntarily, history of nonadherence, and the lack of a less restrictive effective alternative. The Court acknowledged that the lower courts’ sparse findings were not ideal but held that the record as a whole supported the judgment.