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IN RE BARBARA H.

Nos. 83418, 83486.

702 N.E.2d 555 (1998)

183 Ill.2d 482

234 Ill.Dec. 215

In re BARBARA H. (The People of the State of Illinois et al., Appellants, v. Barbara H., Appellee).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

October 22, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diane L. Campbell, Staff Atty., State's Attorney Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, State's Attorney Kane County, St. Charles, for the People in No. 83418.

William E., Coffin, Legal Advocacy Service, Chicago, for Barbara H. in Nos. 83418 and 83846.

Sally A. Swiss, Assistant Attorney General, Jim Ryan, Attorney General, Civil Appeals Div., Chicago, for Illinois Dept. of Mental Health in Nos. 83418 and 83486.

Susan Stefan, University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, for Amicus Curiae in No. 83418.

Justice HARRISON delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a hearing under chapter 3, article VIII, of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code (Mental Health Code) (405 ILCS 5/3-800 et seq. (West 1996)), the circuit court of Kane County entered separate judgments committing Barbara H. to the Elgin Mental Health Center involuntarily and authorizing the staff of the center to administer psychotropic...

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