The hearing took four hours (it usually takes 1). There were 5 witnesses for the State and warthog testified on her own behalf. The Board took 15 minutes to decide that she was a mentally ill and dangerous person and constitutes a danger to herself.

She is committed to long term treatment at a women's facility (60 days is long term) and then follow aftercare. She is spitting mad and sitting in a lockdown mental hospital for the time being until she can be accepted and a bed is open. She will likely stay in the hospital for at least a week to up to a month before her bed is open.

This is great for the divorce case except that she will likely come out of treatment and then start fighting for custody. The problem is that she is delusional as well and the treatment center she is going to doesn't handle mental health issues. I have a feeling that even if the custody is taken care of quickly (she's under a guardianship and has a GAL and both are on board with us having custody and with the property statement as it is) she will come out and drag us back to court over and over for custody or increases in visitation or what have you.

I hope she gets better, assume she won't and silently pray she will just disappear. Not die, necessarily, but disappear until the youngest is old enough for visits where she can call us when mom is drunk. But I doubt the fates will be that kind to me.