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IN RE CONSERVATORSHIP OF FOSTER

Nos. C4-95-118, C6-95-119.

547 N.W.2d 81 (1996)

In re CONSERVATORSHIP OF Holly Ann FOSTER.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

April 26, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gail Rising, Minneapolis; Anita Vander-Horck, Plymouth, for appellant.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Attorney General, Paul M. Landskroener, Asst. Attorney General, St. Paul; Michael O. Freeman, Hennepin County Attorney, Jay Arneson, Asst. Hennepin County Attorney, Minneapolis, for respondent.

James M. Crist, Minneapolis, for Amicus Curiae Minnesota Association of Guardianships and Conservatorships.

Barbara J. Blumer, Eagan, for amicus curiae Minnesota Association of Nursing Home Medical Directors and Physicians.

Henry Helgen, Minneapolis, for amicus curiae Care Providers of Minnesota.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.

OPINION

STRINGER, Justice.

Here, we determine whether a public conservator with the power to consent to necessary medical care on behalf of a conservatee may, without additional court approval, consent to treatment with neuroleptic medication. Appellant Holly Ann Foster is a 39-year-old woman with severe mental and physical disabilities. In March of 1994, the Hennepin County Bureau of Social Services filed a motion...

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