IN RE ANN P.

No. 92777.

781 N.E.2d 237 (2002)

202 Ill.2d 393

269 Ill.Dec. 440

In re MARY ANN P. (The People of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Mary Ann P., Appellee).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

November 21, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield, and Meg Gorecki, State's Attorney, St. Charles (Joel D. Bertocchi, Solicitor General, Chicago, and Norbert J. Goetten, Martin P. Moltz and Diane L. Campbell, of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, of counsel), for the People.

Jeff M. Plesko and William E. Coffin, of the Illinois Guardianship & Advocacy Commission, Chicago, for appellee.

Saul J. Morse and Robert John Kane, Springfield, for amici curiae Illinois State Medical Society & Illinois Psychiatric Society.


Justice FITZGERALD delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal concerns the operation of section 2-107.1 of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code (Code) (405 ILCS 5/1-100 et seq. (West 2000)). Section 2-107.1 permits the circuit court, upon the filing of a petition and following an evidentiary hearing, to enter an order authorizing the administration of involuntary treatment to a recipient of mental health services. The involuntary treatment...

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