Psychiatric Commitment Appeal: Cost Award Based on Lack of Notice of Decision

The court reviewed an appeal concerning the imposition of legal costs following a judicial decision to uphold a precautionary psychiatric commitment order, where the appellant consistently claimed not to have received the written commitment order, its reasoning, or the required instructions on the right to appeal. The court reasoned that because the administrative authority failed to prove delivery of the written decision with a reasoned justification and appeal instructions, as required by law and constitutional right to be heard, the procedural right of the affected person was violated, mandating that the state compensate the appellant for their attorney's fees for the lower court proceedings, despite the substantive merits of the commitment remaining unchallenged.