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GUARDIANSHIP OF LINDA

401 Mass. 783 (1988)

519 N.E.2d 1296

GUARDIANSHIP OF LINDA.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Berkshire.

March 7, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marilyn J. Schmidt, Special Assistant Attorney General, for Department of Mental Health.

Alan J. Righi for the ward.

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

HENNESSEY, C.J.

The Department of Mental Health (department) filed a petition in the Probate Court under G.L.c. 201, § 6 (1986 ed.), seeking a guardianship of "Linda" (the ward), with authority in the guardian to permit the administration of antipsychotic drugs.1 At the time this action was commenced, the ward voluntarily was accepting such drugs.2 The Probate...

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