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IN RE M.T.

No. 1-06-0170.

862 N.E.2d 1079 (2007)

308 Ill.Dec. 881

In re M.T., Alleged to be a Person Subject to Involuntary Treatment With Psychotropic Medication (The People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Maria T., Respondent-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

January 31, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Commission, Des Plaines (Patricia Werner, Jeff M. Plesko), for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (James E. Fitzgerald, Tasha-Marie Kelly, Peter Maltese, of counsel), for Appellee.

Justice GREIMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Respondent, Maria T., appeals from an order of the circuit court of Cook County authorizing her involuntary treatment with psychotropic medication. She contends that the order should be reversed because the State failed to prove by clear and convincing evidence that the benefits of the medication outweighed the harm.

The State, through Dr. Joanna Poniaquwicz of Lutheran General Hospital, petitioned the court...

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