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MATTER OF GARRETT

547 A.2d 609 (1988)

In the Matter of John E. GARRETT, Jr.

Court of Chancery of Delaware, New Castle County.

Decided: March 16, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence A. Hamermesh and Glen P. Trudel, of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, for John E. Garrett, Jr.

John A. Parkins, Jr. and C. Malcolm Cochran, IV, of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, for petitioners Robert Watson and Correctional Medical Systems, Inc.

OPINION

ALLEN, Chancellor.

Seeking to prevent self-inflicted life-threatening harm, a petition has been brought requesting the appointment of a guardian for John E. Garrett, a prisoner who expresses a wish to die. It is claimed that the appointment of a guardian is authorized in this instance because Mr. Garrett is suffering from a "mental infirmity" — a depressive disorder — so grave that he is "unable properly to manage and care for his person...

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