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GUARDIANSHIP OF PAMELA.

401 Mass. 856 (1988)

519 N.E.2d 1335

GUARDIANSHIP OF PAMELA.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Berkshire.

March 10, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Paul W. Cormier for the ward.

David Engle, for Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

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

HENNESSEY, C.J.

This matter is before us by way of reservation and report to the Appeals Court in accordance with G.L.c. 215, § 13 (1986 ed.). We took the case on our own motion.

On March 31, 1986, a District Court judge determined that "Pamela" was incompetent in that by reason of mental illness, she was incapable of taking care of herself. Pamela was ordered to be committed to Northampton State Hospital (Northampton...

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