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In re Q.J.

Supreme Court of North Carolina
Dec 16, 2022
2022 NCSC 130 (N.C. 2022)

Opinion

309A21

12-16-2022

IN THE MATTER OF Q.J.

Glenn Gerding, Appellate Defender, by Katy Dickinson-Schultz, Assistant Appellate Defender, for respondent-appellant. Joshua H. Stein, Attorney General, by South A. Moore, General Counsel Fellow and James W. Doggett, Deputy Solicitor General, for the State-appellee. Disability Rights North Carolina by Lisa Grafstein, Holly Stiles, and Elizabeth Myerholtz, for Disability Rights North Carolina, National Association of Social Workers, Promise Resource Network, and Peer Voice NC, amici curiae.


Heard in the Supreme Court on 20 September 2022.

Appeal pursuant to N.C. G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 278 N.C.App. 452, 2021-NCCOA-346, affirming an involuntary commitment order entered on 17 January 2020 by Judge Pat Evans in District Court, Durham County.

Glenn Gerding, Appellate Defender, by Katy Dickinson-Schultz, Assistant Appellate Defender, for respondent-appellant.

Joshua H. Stein, Attorney General, by South A. Moore, General Counsel Fellow and James W. Doggett, Deputy Solicitor General, for the State-appellee.

Disability Rights North Carolina by Lisa Grafstein, Holly Stiles, and Elizabeth Myerholtz, for Disability Rights North Carolina, National Association of Social Workers, Promise Resource Network, and Peer Voice NC, amici curiae.

This listing includes the North Carolina Chapter of this organization.

PER CURIAM

¶ 1 For the reasons stated in In re J.R., 2022-NCSC-127, the decision of the Court of Appeals is affirmed.

AFFIRMED.

Justices HUDSON, MORGAN, and EARLS dissent for the reasons stated in Justice Earls' dissenting opinion in In re J.R., 2022-NCSC-127.


Summaries of

In re Q.J.

Supreme Court of North Carolina
Dec 16, 2022
2022 NCSC 130 (N.C. 2022)
Case details for

In re Q.J.

Case Details

Full title:IN THE MATTER OF Q.J.

Court:Supreme Court of North Carolina

Date published: Dec 16, 2022

Citations

2022 NCSC 130 (N.C. 2022)