MATTER OF MICHAEL S.


166 Misc.2d 875 (1995)

636 N.Y.S.2d 261

In the Matter of Michael S., a Patient Admitted to Rye Psychiatric Hospital.

Supreme Court, Westchester County.

October 25, 1995


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mental Hygiene Legal Services, Elmsford (Gerald W. Kaplan, Laura Rothchild and Risa Kriegel Coscia of counsel), for Michael S. Patricia F. Herbert and Frederick A. Nicoll, Paramus, New Jersey, for Rye Hospital Center.


HAROLD L. WOOD, J.

Michael S., age 36 years, is an illegal substance abuser, and as most addicts he squanders whatever financial assets he has to satisfy his addiction before attending to his other needs. Fortunately for him, he is the beneficiary of a family trust which provides him with a very generous income. He, his girlfriend and her child live in Sagaponack, Long Island, New York, in a house, which according...

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