MATTER OF MAUSNER v. WILLIAM E.


264 A.D.2d 485 (1999)

694 N.Y.S.2d 165

In the Matter of ELLEN MAUSNER, Respondent, v. WILLIAM E., Appellant.

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

Decided August 23, 1999.


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

Contrary to the appellant's contention, the petitioner established by clear and convincing evidence that the appellant lacked the capacity to make a reasoned decision with respect to the proposed drug treatment and that the proposed treatment was narrowly tailored to give substantive effect to his liberty interest (see, Rivers v Katz, 67 N.Y.2d 485, 497...

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