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GUARDIANSHIP OF ROE

411 Mass. 666 (1992)

583 N.E.2d 1282

GUARDIANSHIP OF JOHN ROE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampshire.

January 14, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Serduck for the ward.

Beth D. Levi, Assistant Attorney General, for Department of Mental Health.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, & LYNCH, JJ.

ABRAMS, J.

At issue is the correctness of an order adjudicating a ward incompetent to make medical treatment decisions for himself as well as the judge's determination that the ward's substituted judgment would be to continue treatment with antipsychotic medication. For the reasons stated in this opinion, we affirm.

Facts. The ward, John Roe, suffers from chronic schizophrenia. When left untreated by medication, the ward's illness manifests itself in...

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