WA families are using ‘Joel’s Law’ for involuntary commitments more than ever

WA families are using ‘Joel’s Law’ for involuntary commitments more than ever

Tatiana Leone at her home in Bremerton on Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (Photo by Meegan M. Reid/Kitsap Sun)Tatiana Leone never leaves her Bremerton apartment without a reusable grocery bag filled with documents detailing her son’s history of mental illness. She doesn’t know when she will run into her son, who lives unhoused in Seattle, and she wants to be prepared if he’s in a crisis. She’s used the pile of documents — including records of his beh…