IN THE MATTER OF HIER


18 Mass. App. Ct. 200 (1984)

464 N.E.2d 959

IN THE MATTER OF MARY HIER.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

June 4, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Ledoux, guardian ad litem (Lisa Jacobowitz with him).

Karl Spitzer for the ward.

Margaret H. Raymond for the petitioners.

Jonathan M. Albano, for Beverly Hospital, was present but did not argue.

Present: GREANEY, C.J., ARMSTRONG, & WARNER, JJ.


ARMSTRONG, J.

This is an appeal by a guardian ad litem from a judgment ordering the appointment of a temporary guardian for the ward with authority to consent to the administration of antipsychotic drugs but without authority to consent to surgical procedures necessary to provide her with adequate nutritional support. All parties agree that the judgment was correct insofar as it appointed a guardian and authorized...

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