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MTR. OF BARBARA C.

101 A.D.2d 137 (1984)

In the Matter of Barbara C. John J. Sabatos, as Director of The Brooklyn Developmental Center, Respondent; Francis M. Savastano, as Director of The Mental Health Information Service, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

April 23, 1984

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis B. Feld for appellant.

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Richard Rifkin, George D. Zuckerman, Thomas P. Dorsey and Robert L. Schonfeld of counsel), for respondent.

LAZER, J. P., GIBBONS, THOMPSON and BOYERS, JJ., concur.

Per Curiam.

The director of the Brooklyn Developmental Center, a mental health facility, commenced this proceeding for an order granting permission to perform an abortion upon Barbara C., a center patient who was 25 years old and so retarded that her mental age was equivalent to that of a child less than two years of age. After a hearing, Special Term concluded that the patient was incapable of consenting to the...

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