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PROFESSIONAL GUARDIANSHIPS, INC. v. RUTH E. J.

No. 95-2010.

196 Wis.2d 794 (1995)

540 N.W.2d 213

IN the MATTER OF the GUARDIANSHIP OF RUTH E. J.: PROFESSIONAL GUARDIANSHIPS, INC., Petitioner-Appellant, v. RUTH E.J., Respondent-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided September 6, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of petitioner-appellant, the cause was submitted on the brief of Steven L. Miller of Miller & Miller of Green Bay.

Before Cane, P.J., LaRocque and Myse, JJ.

LaROCQUE, J.

Ruth E. J.'s guardian appeals the dismissal of a motion seeking an order permitting Ruth's doctors to perform electroconvulsive treatment (ECT) on her. The circuit court dismissed the motion because Ruth is incompetent and could not give consent to ECT as required by § 51.61(1)(k), STATS.1 In a summary order pursuant to an accelerated appeal, we reversed the circuit court on the grounds that § 51.61(1)(k), as applied...

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