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IN RE M.L.

No. 96-040.

702 A.2d 92 (1997)

In re M.L.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

August 8, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wendy Beinner and Michael K. Benvenuto, and Charles Tetreault and Bessie Weiss, Law Clerks (On the Brief), Vermont Legal Aid, Waterbury, for appellant.

Jeffrey L. Amestoy, Attorney General, Montpelier, and Janet Bull and Marybeth McCaffrey, Assistant Attorneys General, Waterbury, for appellee.

Before ALLEN, C.J., and GIBSON, DOOLEY, MORSE and JOHNSON, JJ.

JOHNSON, Justice.

In this case we address an issue of first impression under Vermont's mental health statutes: whether the family court may issue an order of nonhospitalization that authorizes the State to rehospitalize the patient without a prior hearing if the patient violates certain treatment conditions. Petitioner M.L. appeals from an order of nonhospitalization that includes a summary rehospitalization provision. We...

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