Matter of Nazor

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• holding “that a party who has been adjudicated seriously mentally impaired and involuntarily committed is presumed to suffer collateral consequences justifying appellate review”
• suggesting that “a series of recent, successive involuntary commitments that were either not appealed or upheld on appeal might effectively remove any stigma resulting from a later involuntary commitment proceeding”
• suggesting that “a series of recent, successive involuntary commitments that were either not appealed or upheld on appeal might effectively remove any stigma resulting from a later involuntary commitment proceeding”
• finding appeal involving person released from involuntary commitment was technically moot but concluding “collateral consequences” justified appellate review
• presuming “person adjudicated seriously mentally impaired and involuntarily committed suffers adverse collateral consequences” and declining to apply mootness doctrine under these circumstances
• adopting “collateral consequences” exception to the mootness doctrine for individuals adjudicated seriously mentally impaired and involuntarily committed and later discharged from court-ordered treatment and placement

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