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GUARDIANSHIP OF DOE

391 Mass. 614 (1984)

463 N.E.2d 339

GUARDIANSHIP OF JANE DOE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Barnstable.

April 3, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Cole (Helene Gerstle with him) for the ward.

Robert H. Weber, for Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., ABRAMS, NOLAN, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.

LYNCH, J.

On December 28, 1982, the ward was involuntarily committed to Bournewood Hospital (Bournewood), and in January, 1983, the Probate Court entered an order appointing the ward's father temporary guardian. She was still in the hospital1 on August 17, 1983, when the Probate Court appointed the ward's father permanent guardian.

The petition for involuntary commitment in this case...

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