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STEELE v. HAMILTON CTY. COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH BD.

No. 99-1771.

90 Ohio St.3d 176 (2000)

STEELE, APPELLANT, v. HAMILTON COUNTY COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH BOARD, APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided October 18, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Shannon Smith and James R. Bell, for appellant.

Faulkner & Tepe and A. Norman Aubin, for appellee.

Michael Kirkman, urging reversal for amicus curiae, Ohio Legal Rights Service.

DOUGLAS, J.

The issue in this case is whether a probate court must find that an involuntarily committed mentally ill person is a danger to himself/herself or others before the court may issue an order permitting employees of the commitment facility to administer antipsychotic medication to the patient against his/her wishes. For the reasons that follow, we find that a court may issue an order permitting the administration of antipsychotic medication

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