IN RE L.R

No. 84-294.

497 A.2d 753 (1985)

In re L.R.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

May 31, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey L. Martin, Washington County Deputy State's Atty., Barre, for plaintiff-appellee.

Joan Bauer, Montpelier, for defendant-appellant.

Before ALLEN, C.J., and HILL, UNDERWOOD, PECK and GIBSON, JJ.


ALLEN, Chief Justice.

This case is an appeal from an order of involuntary medication pursuant to 18 V.S.A. § 7618. The appellant contends that the State failed to prove, by clear and convincing evidence, that she is a "person in need of treatment," as defined at 18 V.S.A. § 7101(17), such proof being a prerequisite to an order of involuntary treatment. 18 V.S.A. §§ 7616(b), 7617(b).

The evidence adduced at the hearing in May of 1984 disclosed...

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