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PEOPLE EX REL. McREYNOLDS v. COMM'R OF MENTAL RETARDATION & DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

238 A.D.2d 453 (1997)

656 N.Y.S.2d 358

The People of the State of New York ex rel. Wilbur McReynolds, on Behalf of Darius I. McReynolds, Respondent, v. Commissioner of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities et al., Respondents, and Wilbur McReynolds, Appellant

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

April 14, 1997

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

Contrary to the appellant's contention, Mental Hygiene Legal Services is required to provide legal assistance to residents of developmental centers in any proceeding challenging the retention of the patient at such a facility (see, Mental Hygiene Law §§ 47.01, 47.03; Matter of Alexis H., 174 A.D.2d 1030).

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