MATTER OF D.


179 A.D.2d 724 (1992)

In the Matter of Mary Ann D., Appellant. Rockland Psychiatric Center, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

January 15, 1992


Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements, and the stay of administration of lithium citrate by nasogastric tube is vacated forthwith.

We find that the Rockland Psychiatric Center (hereinafter the Center) has met its burden of demonstrating that the appellant lacks the capacity to make a reasoned decision regarding the proposed treatment (see, Rivers v Katz, 67 N.Y.2d 485; Matter of Eleanor...

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