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IN RE CYNTHIA S.

No. 2-00-0928.

759 N.E.2d 1020 (2001)

326 Ill. App.3d 65

259 Ill.Dec. 959

In re CYNTHIA S., Alleged to be a Person in Need of Authorized Involuntary Treatment (The People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Cynthia S., Respondent-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

November 30, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Teresa L. Berge, of Guardianship & Advocacy Commission, of Rockford, and Wiliam E. Coffin, of Guardianship & Advocacy Commission, of Chicago, for appellant

Meg Gorecki, State's Attorney, of St. Charles (Martin P. Moltz and Diane L. Campbell, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.

Justice McLAREN delivered the opinion of the court:

Cynthia S. was a mental health patient. Her psychiatrist filed a petition pursuant to the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code (Mental Health Code or Code) seeking a court order authorizing the involuntary administration of nonemergency psychotropic medication. 405 ILCS 5/2-107.1 (West 2000). The matter proceeded to an evidentiary hearing. The trial court found that respondent was a person who qualified...

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