Key legal question
Whether the cantonal decision sufficiently reasoned its departure from the court-appointed psychiatric expert report.
Extracted holding
No. The appeal authority failed to explain why it disregarded the expert opinion recommending release, so the reasoning did not satisfy the constitutional duty to give reasons.
Extracted reasoning
Art. 29(2) BV requires the decisive grounds to be stated. Where a court-appointed expert report is central, the authority must explain any departure from it, especially in involuntary commitment cases relying on Art. 397e Ziff. 5 ZGB.