MATTER OF NATHAN R.


184 Misc.2d 666 (2000)

710 N.Y.S.2d 804

In the Matter of ANN SULLIVAN, as Director of the Department of Psychiatry at Elmhurst Hospital Center, Petitioner, for an Order Authorizing Assisted Outpatient Treatment for NATHAN R., Respondent.

Supreme Court, Queens County.

June 13, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mental Hygiene Legal Service, Mineola (Sidney Hirschfeld and Israel Flamenbaum of counsel), for respondent.

Michael D. Hess, Corporation Counsel of New York City (Dina Mastellone of counsel), for petitioner.


OPINION OF THE COURT

NATHAN L. BERKE, J.

This is a special proceeding commenced by the petitioner, Ann Sullivan, M.D., Director of the Department of Psychiatry at Elmhurst Hospital Center, pursuant to section 9.60 of the Mental Hygiene Law, known as Kendra's Law. The petitioner is seeking an order directing that the respondent, a mental patient in Elmhurst Hospital, attend "Assisted Outpatient Treatment" on his discharge according to a proposed written treatment...

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